PPP/C condemns Patterson over Facebook ‘threats’ to go after alleged corrupt officials

The opposition People’s Progressive Party /Civic (PPP/C) has condemned what it says are threats by Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson after he declared that there would be a stepping up of efforts to prosecute officials for alleged wrongdoing under the former government.

Patterson made the declaration in a post on his Facebook page on Thursday, in response to the decision by the opposition to boycott President David Granger’s address to the National Assembly.

Patterson said he would support any citizen’s right to peaceful protest and also acknowledged