Pintard: Claim that Minnis called for probe into Parks, Beaches Authority troubling

Free National Movement Leader Michael Pintard called on Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis to reveal who told him that former Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis wanted him to investigate matters at the Bahamas Public Parks and Public Beaches Authority. 

“I think the prime minister should share more about what he knows,” Pintard said when asked.

“We know from the Free National Movement’s standpoint that it has been vehemently denied and so he has accused the former prime minister, who has denied it, and again both sets of facts cannot be correct.

“And so that was a troubling, troubling revelation.”

After taking office in September, the Davis administration launched an investigation into the authority’s affairs.

Last week, during a press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister, Davis was asked whether Minnis raised concerns about the authority with him before the matter was addressed in the House.

“No, he never raised any matter with me personally about his concern,” Davis replied.

Asked if Minnis raised it with a member of his team, Davis said, “A member of my team did indicate that the prime minister was concerned about what happened at Beaches and Parks and I ought to investigate it.

“But that did not prompt what happened with our investigations. I’m advised through a member of my team that he may have. Now, whether he did or not, I’m not aware. I trust what my member told me.”

Minnis denied that he asked Davis or a member of his team to investigate the authority. 

He described the claim as “political mischief”.

The former Minnis administration and former executive chairman of the Authority, St. Barnabas MP Shanendon Cartwright, have come under scrutiny over pre-election contracts issued by the authority.

Cartwright has said he never did anything untoward.

A report into the authority found that it consistently went over its budget by millions of dollars between 2019 and 2021.

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