Minister rejects toshaos’ call for apology over ‘avarice’ remark

Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection Keith Scott last evening told Indigenous leaders that he will not apologise over a remark he made in Parliament which was interpreted to mean that Amerindians had shown greed in their land claims.

Scott said he did not believe he insulted anyone. This was his response to a suggestion made by a participant of the National Toshaos’ Conference that he apologise for utterances made on June 16, 2017 in the National Assembly where he claimed that in objecting to the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) on land matters, the Toshaos Council had “manifested an attitude of avarice which should not be condoned.”