Senator Dennison Demands Cabinet Secretary’s Resignation

Did the controversy over the BTL-Speednet deal provide cover for another government scandal? Trade unions say Belizeans must not forget the questions surrounding procurement at the Ministry of Defense. On Tuesday, Union Senator Glenfield Dennison turned up the pressure, calling for Cabinet Secretary Stuart Leslie to resign over his stake in RSL Group Limited.

 

Glenfield Dennison, Union Senator

“The Cabinet Secretary my brother, what is wrong with you. For those who don’t know, the Cabinet Secretary use to be the permanent secretary of permanent secretary. He was the top of the top, the dan dadda, because he was the brightest of the brightest, the best of the best. He would have never had his hands caught in the cookie jar or the spice jar. He would never have got his hands caught in the spice jar. Suh RSL, if you have any semblance of integrity brother, resign, just resign, because you don’t belong there brother. You don’t belong there.”

 

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