NASSAU, Bahamas – Seabreeze MP Lanisha Rolle unloaded about her experience as a Cabinet minister in the House of Assembly yesterday, using her contribution to the budget debate to defend her conduct in office, to discuss the sexism she experienced and to lament the Free National Movement’s decision to deny her a nomination in the next general election, The Tribune reported on June 9.
Mrs Rolle resigned from Cabinet in February. The Cabinet Office released a statement saying certain information had been brought to the attention of Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis.
Yesterday, Mrs Rolle said the statement caused her hurt and harm.
“In case anyone stands to assume that I was under some investigation and this is the reason for my not being nominated, I requested further clarification of the statement made by the Cabinet which incorrectly insinuated that my resignation was as the result of some investigation,” she said. “The good member for Killarney (Dr Minnis) clarified in a public statement to the press that there was no investigation concerning this member. I thank him.
“Sometimes, however, what you give to the world you cannot take back. Appreciating the hurt and harm this has caused me and I do not wish on any other, I will endeavour to guard my words here so as not to damage the character of any member here, to hurt their family, their livelihoods, their character or reputation. I have three children, I have a husband, I have a mother and I have a father like everyone else here. I say no more on that.”
Mrs Rolle insisted she did nothing improper, noting that neither the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture nor her previous ministry, the Ministry of Social Services, “kept money.”
“I gave approvals only on that which were in accordance with the Cabinet’s manual of responsibility, the government of The Bahamas’ General Orders, particularly following sections nine and ten on the rules of conflict of interest and procedures specified in the Financial Administration and Audit Act as amended in 2010,” she said. See complete story in The Tribune at http://www.tribune242.com/news/2021/jun/09/lanisha-lashes-back-ousting/
