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Prime Minister hints at limits to contracts for senior government personnel as he maintains stance on Karen Bevans ‘defamation’

Posted: Sunday, October 23, 2022. 11:23 pm CST.

By Aaron Humes: Prime Minister John Briceño has said that perhaps the government needs to take a more serious look at the matter of lengthy service contracts on statutory boards and the like from a governance standpoint, looking at the legislation that allows for contracts to be awarded close to election time.

He told reporters, “When you give contracts so close to the elections to people that the government favours – once that happens it gives credence to what I said before. So probably it’s something that needs to be looked at seriously to avoid those kinds of things, but I think it’s something for us to be able to discuss later.”

It follows a decision of the Court of Appeal in favour of former Tourism Director, Karen Bevans and against the Prime Minister and Love FM. The court upheld a previous decision handed down in August by the Supreme Court that Bevans is due a total of ninety thousand dollars from the media house and Briceño in aggravated and compensatory damages.

While P.M. Briceño refrained from speaking directly on the ruling, he said that he stands by his position on the matter and may even consider an appeal: “I do have my opinion on that matter and it has not changed and it will not change, but what I have done – I’ll be meeting with the attorney. We have not discussed it as yet and if there’s room for an appeal then we will appeal it. But if the attorney would advise it’s best if we just settle, then that’s the law. We will follow the law.

Bevans is represented by Senior Counsel and former Prime Minister Dean Barrow, while Briceño was represented by Senior Counsel Andrew Marshalleck and others.

 

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