FREE National Movement leader Michael Pintard.
By RASHAD ROLLE
Tribune Senior Reporter
rrolle@tribunemedia.net
MICHAEL Pintard says the Davis administration continues to leave the Free National Movement out of meetings with top health officials about COVID-19.
His comment yesterday came after Deputy Prime Minister Chester Cooper said the government will remove the requirement for antigen tests for visitors five days after arrival in the country.
Mr Pintard did not express a view on the change, saying the FNM is not privy to the guidance behind the decision.
“This administration is refusing to involve the opposition in the briefing by the EOC,” he said. “They have an obligation in our estimation. We certainly provided it (to them). It wasn’t a courtesy, it was the sensible thing for a government to do, to involve the official opposition when they are having discussions with the health professionals so that we can all be privy to the data that is being made available to us and this government has failed to do so, so when I hear pronouncements by this government in terms of what they intend to do as it relates to the management of COVID, we are not armed with the information and they are deliberately excluding us from being included in the briefings so we could know what the facts are.”
He added: “We were aware that in times past, that they were unwilling to explain the extent to which we were having a challenge which is why we’ve said let us go with the PCR test results as well as the antigen because it gives us a more holistic picture of what we are facing. They later came out and took the advice we gave onboard.”
Mr Cooper said on Wednesday the requirement for a test to enter The Bahamas will continue. He told reporters tourism stakeholders are encouraging the government to further relax COVID-19 protocols, including removing the mask mandate.
Yesterday, Mr Cooper said the Ministry of Health is considering that recommendation and will express a view to Cabinet next week.
Comments
ohdrap4 2 years, 1 month ago
Let them in so they may catch covid.
birdiestrachan 2 years, 1 month ago
Poor Mr: Pintard all over the place. Them FNM fellows coming to get you Watch your back
happyfly 2 years, 1 month ago
I wonder where Mr Pintard was when Papa Doc was waking up in the morning and making up unconstitutional mandates before he had breakfast......and not checking for no free-man ?!!!
licks2 2 years, 1 month ago
Dumb persons talkin shed around here aye? I hope yinna PLP ger talk crap after yinna done lose the next election and them FNM do the same thing ta yinna? I know they ger pay yinna back. . .just like a pack of lil chirrins dem!! Don't worry about me sayin yinna ger lose the next election!! Yinna think the people on yall run aye?? Them troops dem done restless ma bouy!! It ger take brave to "pull a good one" outta his hat for yinna ta survive this "hate fest" the people dem building up against the PLP government!! Most of the hate een gat nothing to do with the PLP per se. . .but yinna know how we Bahamians dem go!! Yinna is the government. . .yinna ger carry the cut hip for anything gern down. . .no matter iffin yinna do something to cause it or not!! These people dem just seem to wanna hate yinna in government!!! Step right up smartly here PLP. . .come get yinna cut azz here!! Yinna done start "fooin around" with them Public Servants them!! Yinna better ask Papa and Doc about them cut azz they get from messin around with them people!! Lol!
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