Leader of the Opposition and the Free National Movement (FNM), the Hon. Michael Pintard led a press event held at FNM headquarters on Sunday.  He spoke on the US indictment and arrest of Bahamian law enforcement officers in connection with a drug trafficking scheme.

During his remarks Pintard called for legislation to address corruption and for the resignations of both the Minister of National Security, the Hon. Wayne Munroe and the Commissioner of Police, Clayton Fernander.

Pintard said, “there’s a higher standard for the gatekeepers for those who preside over Parliament, over the executive of the country, for those who are in law enforcement because in Parliament we make the laws so people are not expecting we are colluding with criminals to break the very laws that we’re putting in place.  Secondly, the public is not expecting that law enforcement agents would themselves participate in criminal activity.”