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11-24-02, - 11:31 PM
PRESS RELEASE
MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS, UTILITIES
& BAHAMASAIR
BRADLEY B. ROBERTS, MP
TOPIC: FNM PRESS RELEASE
(NOVEMBER 21, 2002)
NOVEMBER 24, 2002
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To all who misrepresented what was said about Johnson; this is a 3 minute video clip that says it all. Click anywhere here or the image itself to download it. (http://bahamas.userworld.com/future.wmv)
Upon noting the Free National Movement’s press release of November 21, 2002 concerning my remarks on November 19, 2002 at The Progressive Liberal Party’s 47th Convention, I wish to categorically state that at no time did I refer to former Speaker of the House of Assembly, Italia Johnson, as being “ugly.” I also noted that the Bahama Journal chose to print the quotes attributed to me by the FNM, without first reviewing, or choosing to ignore, the text of my remarks. I never called the former Speaker “ugly.” In fact, I would never judge a person’s physical features, for I know that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”
However, I likewise note with some amusement, the Free National Movement’s selective amnesia, concerning the manner in which the former Speaker discharged her duties in the Parliament when it pertained to me as a duly elected Member of Parliament, who has a right to vigorously represent my Constituency.
For the record, I would never diminish nor denigrate the contribution of women in any areas of Bahamian society. But certainly the political/social contribution’s of Dame Doris Johnson, Mary Ingraham and Georgiana K. Symonette could never be equated to the manner of public behavior displayed by Italia Johnson regarding her function as Speaker of the House of Assembly.
It is therefore against the backdrop of the Free National Movement’s selective amnesia concerning the former Speaker’s public demeanor that I cannot imagine that any rational human being would believe that I could have anything to apologize for in regards to my Convention statements.
It would be interesting, however, to see if the Free National Movement feels that Italia Johnson has any reason to apologize to me and all men for her public remarks and demeanor over the five years she served as Speaker of the House of Assembly.
MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS, UTILITIES
& BAHAMASAIR
BRADLEY B. ROBERTS, MP
TOPIC: FNM PRESS RELEASE
(NOVEMBER 21, 2002)
NOVEMBER 24, 2002
/images/bradley_roberts.jpg (http://bahamas.userworld.com/future.wmv)
To all who misrepresented what was said about Johnson; this is a 3 minute video clip that says it all. Click anywhere here or the image itself to download it. (http://bahamas.userworld.com/future.wmv)
Upon noting the Free National Movement’s press release of November 21, 2002 concerning my remarks on November 19, 2002 at The Progressive Liberal Party’s 47th Convention, I wish to categorically state that at no time did I refer to former Speaker of the House of Assembly, Italia Johnson, as being “ugly.” I also noted that the Bahama Journal chose to print the quotes attributed to me by the FNM, without first reviewing, or choosing to ignore, the text of my remarks. I never called the former Speaker “ugly.” In fact, I would never judge a person’s physical features, for I know that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”
However, I likewise note with some amusement, the Free National Movement’s selective amnesia, concerning the manner in which the former Speaker discharged her duties in the Parliament when it pertained to me as a duly elected Member of Parliament, who has a right to vigorously represent my Constituency.
For the record, I would never diminish nor denigrate the contribution of women in any areas of Bahamian society. But certainly the political/social contribution’s of Dame Doris Johnson, Mary Ingraham and Georgiana K. Symonette could never be equated to the manner of public behavior displayed by Italia Johnson regarding her function as Speaker of the House of Assembly.
It is therefore against the backdrop of the Free National Movement’s selective amnesia concerning the former Speaker’s public demeanor that I cannot imagine that any rational human being would believe that I could have anything to apologize for in regards to my Convention statements.
It would be interesting, however, to see if the Free National Movement feels that Italia Johnson has any reason to apologize to me and all men for her public remarks and demeanor over the five years she served as Speaker of the House of Assembly.