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No lack of trust in my ministers avoiding the press — Premier

The five sitting ministers of government. (Photo from Andrew Fahie’s Facebook page)

Premier Andrew Fahie has denied that a lack of confidence in his ministers is the reason none of them ever held any press conferences on their own, despite being in office for more than two years.

At a recent press conference, the Premier was asked why he was the only minister from his administration that has consistently faced the media, despite previous assurances that all of his ministers would have engagements with the local press corps.

The Premier, who is also the territory’s Finance and Tourism Minister, disclosed that his team of ministers — all of whom are first-term legislators — have instead been preoccupied with duties and engagements across the sister islands in the territory.

“My ministers don’t have anything to hide. As a matter of fact, they’ve been doing things that I haven’t been doing also. They have been going to the sister islands and having office hours,” the Premier shared.

He said their absence before the press corps can’t be attributed to lack of trust on his part, as one may then similarly deduce that there is a lack of trust in him not visiting the sister islands to hold office hours as his ministers have done.

According to Premier Fahie, his ministers’ schedules for the sister islands have been very vigorous.

Furthermore, his administration has prided itself in ensuring that the sister islands are not left out as they have been in past years, the Premier said.

He stated that this was also a major contributing factor in their lack of appearances before the press.

The Premier expressed that when anyone analyses the administration’s accomplishments, there are more than enough things to come to a press conference about, but his ministers have instead been doing that in the sister islands.

Once again, the Premier reassured reporters that they would be seeing more of his ministers at press conferences in the future.

“I just want to say it’s not a matter of trust, it’s a matter of us diversifying ourselves in different areas,” the Premier stated.

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  1. Help us father says:

    I have never seen so much incompetence in one place. A set of misfits with no ability. Father please help us!

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    • Yup says:

      Father has told us to march, protest, and take back our islands. Enough.

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    • not sure says:

      it’s wise to keep the megaphone to oneself. Unless a litany of self-exculpatory denials, finger-pointing, point-scoring and vacuous policy statements belying a massive planning void, is a good look.

  2. Dictatorship says:

    Does not allow space for anyone else. Control the message and don’t let anyone else speak..

    Like 24
  3. Jah says:

    They hide like evil cats, skulking in the bush. Ready to possess us with witchcraft and make our men cheat and steal. They are to blame for our ills.

    We must rise up and stamp out this plight now or we will continue to see more fornication, sleaziness, and potholes.

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    • Renia says:

      Yes! Someone said this!

      My husband was possessed by evil spirits and it took him to the clubs and made him do monstrous things. We know it was the cats as we had two black ones circling our drive. They are now gone and he is normal again. Don’t be tricked by foolery!

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      • What?! says:

        I don’t know if you are serious or engaging in satire, but oh my!

        If you are serious I would like to point you in the direction of Mental Health. Perhaps they can help you deal with the trauma of your husband cheating and not seeking an external reason for why he choose to behave that way….evil spirits cannot be blamed for all our choices….

  4. awa says:

    SIX BLIND MICE

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  5. Anonymous says:

    All of this show is because the COI will be back in town on Monday all of this is not going to hide all the crap you did and is still doing. I think you lost this crap hand MR.Premier.

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  6. awa says:

    All of this show is because the COI will be back in town on Monday all of this is not going to hide all the crap you did and is still doing. I think you lost this crap hand MR.Premier.

  7. heckler says:

    The one man gang

    Like 10
  8. JUST LOOK says:

    yeah , just take a closer look at how their hands are placed on the on the other hand ( that should explain what these are involved in * WOW *

  9. hmmmm says:

    That how an dictator act he talk for everyone, just remember Anderw the lord don’t sleep

  10. Lol says:

    “HIS ministers” ?

  11. musa says:

    why the press needed when the pastor them doing it for free

  12. Anonymous says:

    Five money mongers.

  13. lillian says:

    only 2 i will remove from there schoolchief and the last one

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