Saturday, December 12, 2009
Anguilla’s Chief Minister calls on Skerrit to recant statement on loan to his country
TheDominican.net Newsdesk
Anguilla’s Chief Minister Osbourne Fleming says he is “very upset” at recent statements made by Dominica’s prime minister Roosevelt Skerrit that the administration in Roseau has provided financial assistance to the British Overseas Territory.
Fleming, speaking on a local radio station Saturday, said his government has not signed any loan agreement with Dominica and called on Skerrit to recant statements he made on a political platform that suggested Anguilla was a recent beneficiary of financial support from Dominica.
Residents of Anguilla are said to be up in arms over Skerrit’s allegations and have been demanding answers from their leader. At a political meeting, Skerrit told party supporters that Anguilla and Antigua and Barbuda both received millions of dollars from the Dominican government
Fleming told the radio station that “we signed no agreement with anybody from Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada or anybody about a loan. I am very upset, very upset. I am upset because I didn’t sign any loan agreement, neither did anybody in Anguilla sign any loan agreement with Dominica,” Fleming said angrily.
Fleming said while he understood that politicians often say things on the political platform that are best left unsaid, he wanted the Dominican leader to recant his statements to put the minds of the Anguillan people at rest.
“It could be a genuine mistake or it could be something that was carried over in the wrong way. But I would hope that he would recant the statement or clarify it because the people in Anguilla are very upset about this matter,” the Chief Minister said.
Meanwhile, the Antigua government has clarified the issue saying that they took a line of credit from the ECCB to the tune of EC $89 million, of which Dominica’s share would have been just over EC $5 million.
The finance minister of Antigua expressed surprise at Skerrit’s announcement saying that he was not sure why the statement was made.
Anguilla’s Chief Minister Osbourne Fleming says he is “very upset” at recent statements made by Dominica’s prime minister Roosevelt Skerrit that the administration in Roseau has provided financial assistance to the British Overseas Territory.
Fleming, speaking on a local radio station Saturday, said his government has not signed any loan agreement with Dominica and called on Skerrit to recant statements he made on a political platform that suggested Anguilla was a recent beneficiary of financial support from Dominica.
Residents of Anguilla are said to be up in arms over Skerrit’s allegations and have been demanding answers from their leader. At a political meeting, Skerrit told party supporters that Anguilla and Antigua and Barbuda both received millions of dollars from the Dominican government
Fleming told the radio station that “we signed no agreement with anybody from Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada or anybody about a loan. I am very upset, very upset. I am upset because I didn’t sign any loan agreement, neither did anybody in Anguilla sign any loan agreement with Dominica,” Fleming said angrily.
Fleming said while he understood that politicians often say things on the political platform that are best left unsaid, he wanted the Dominican leader to recant his statements to put the minds of the Anguillan people at rest.
“It could be a genuine mistake or it could be something that was carried over in the wrong way. But I would hope that he would recant the statement or clarify it because the people in Anguilla are very upset about this matter,” the Chief Minister said.
Meanwhile, the Antigua government has clarified the issue saying that they took a line of credit from the ECCB to the tune of EC $89 million, of which Dominica’s share would have been just over EC $5 million.
The finance minister of Antigua expressed surprise at Skerrit’s announcement saying that he was not sure why the statement was made.
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He did not make any mistake. He continues to tell lie after lie. If he says walk, one must run and run when he says walk.He is just a pathological liar.This man s evil.
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