RE: Pinewood MP: BPC deal “treasonous”8 Dec 2020 14:32
TitanAtlas
I think you were cut off. This is the rest:
Before addressing longstanding issues in his constituency, Rahming said he knows politics in The Bahamas is a “very dangerous game”, adding that he knows his family is in danger when he speaks the truth.
MPs on oil deal
The intended operational start date is December 15 and BPC has advised it will take about a week for the well to be provisioned, loaded and then transitioned to the drilling location.
Fort Charlotte MP Mark Humes admitted that while he believes the exploration will be a “fruitless exercise”, he still thinks it should be explored.
“I don’t think anybody has shown us that anything is actually there,” Humes told Eyewitness News when asked his thoughts on the matter outside Parliament.
“I think the whole exercise is probably a fruitless exercise at the end of the day.
“I’m sure if there is something there that those are undertaken this exercise are probably gonna undertake it safely.
“I think if they discover that if there is something there, I think it’s incumbent of the government to ensure that the proper measures are in place.”
Asked his thoughts on the fast-approaching oil drilling, Education Minister Jeffrey Lloyd said he awaits the report from the parliamentary select committee on all the natural resources in the country.
“Whatever is there is for the patrimonial benefit of the Bahamian people,” he said.
Asked whether he supports oil drilling, Lloyd said: “Whatever is there, the scientist will tell us what is proper and appropriate and I will be guided”.
Global environmental NGO Greenpeace International has labeled plans to conduct exploratory oil drilling in The Bahamas as “irresponsible” and “reprehensible” given the current global climate crisis.
A consortium of more than 80 local and international NGOs is expected to file legal action to seek an injunction against BPC’s plan to drill for a test well and a judicial review of the matter.
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