{"id":17370,"date":"2010-09-12T23:29:16","date_gmt":"2010-09-13T03:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/dno\/?p=17370"},"modified":"2010-09-13T07:44:38","modified_gmt":"2010-09-13T11:44:38","slug":"opposition-demands-answers-from-pm-skerrit-on-bin-bobol-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/politics\/opposition-demands-answers-from-pm-skerrit-on-bin-bobol-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition demands answers from PM Skerrit on \u201cBin Bobol\u201d issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10696\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10696\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10696\" title=\"HECTORJohn2\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/dno\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/HECTORJohn21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/HECTORJohn21.jpg 250w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/HECTORJohn21-107x113.jpg 107w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10696\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John&#39;s seat was declared vacant after he boycotted parliament<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Leader of the Opposition Hector John has written to Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, calling on the government leader to give an update on the controversial \u201cBin Bobol\u201d issue.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter dated August 24, 2010, John draws the attention of the prime minister to what the opposition describe as &#8220;many discrepancies associated with the purchase of garbage bins by government seemingly on the request of the Roseau City Council&#8221;.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nSEE LINK TO LETTER BELOW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The letter calls on the prime minister to break his silence and clarify to the nation &#8220;the obvious vast differences between statements made and assurances given by him (the Prime Minister) in his June 2009 address&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Failure to do so,&#8221; John stressed, &#8220;could be construed by fair-minded persons that (the Prime Minister) is either directly involved in the theft of the people\u2019s money or that (he) is an upholder of persons so involved.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To date no response has been forthcoming from the prime minister, the Opposition United Workers Party (UWP) has said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/dno\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Letter-to-PM-Skeritt.doc\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL LETTER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leader of the Opposition Hector John has written to Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, calling on the government leader to give an update on the controversial \u201cBin Bobol\u201d issue. 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