Minister of Citizenship Winston Felix has rejected as “completely false” a report that some Haitian and African migrants, during an August 28th meeting, were promised citizenship for their votes.
“I would not get involved in any disdainful act as suggested by MTV News Update to secure votes for the APNU+AFC coalition in exchange for citizenship for any foreign national residing in this country,” Felix said at a press conference called to address the claims yesterday.
Aubrey Heath-Retemyer, the Deputy Director of the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA), whose presence at the August 28th meeting has been questioned, held a separate press conference yesterday and again rejected the claims. He had previously said and restated again yesterday that he had attended the meeting in his private capacity.
