…And says too late to remove DFC commission report injunction

Another N.T.U.C.B. spin, according to the PM, also dealt with the Merlene Bailey Martinez D.F.C. Commission Report, which contained details of an investigation into the financial affairs of the D.F.C. That 2007 report was not made public when the court granted an injunction to prevent its release. The N.T.U.C.B. stated in its release that the PM would “investigate the possibility of lifting the injunction…so that it can be made public and acted upon by the D.P.P.”. Well, Prime Minister Barrow’s version of that portion of the meeting was quite different. He says there’s no way that the injunction to release the report would be lifted.

Prime Minister Dean Barrow
“I said to them if you can find me some reputable lawyer who can show me where it is possible to revive this by way of getting the Chief Justice to lift his injunction I will be all for it. That is my objective but I know as a lawyer that is not possible. I don’t want to say.–there is no point in raising false expectations. I understand their objective and I sympathize and embrace their objective. But what’s the point of making people believe that something can possibly come of the Merlene Bailey Report when there is an injunction that has not been challenged during the time limited for challenge and when, therefore, it is an impossibility to lift that injunction.