Bajan PM: Heads will roll if there was attempted palace coup

(Barbados Nation) If there was an attempted palace coup against Prime Minister Freundel Stuart of the ruling Democratic Labour Party, heads will roll.

In an exclusive and frank interview at the annual Christmas children’s party at Ilaro Court yesterday evening, Prime Minister Stuart stated that if there was indeed an attempt to derail his Government, it clearly had not worked and “certain consequences will have to follow”.

News broke last week of a possible DLP rift when the SUNDAY SUN obtained a letter containing the names of 11 Government MPs requesting an urgent audience with the Prime Minister.

Briefly waxing philosophical, Stuart, who officially took over the helm of Government following the death of Prime Minister David Thompson on October 23, last year, told the SUNDAY SUN:

“If I understand history at all, if a coup is attempted and it succeeds, the person against whom the coup was aimed usually pays for it with his neck. If the coup fails, the plotters and those who were trying to execute it pay for it with their necks.