Last night, Stann Creek west Representative and PUP Deputy Leader Rodwell Ferguson had a scary situation unfold on him. He was driving home from a constituency consultation on the ICJ vote in Independence village - when his brakes failed.
His party leader told us more:...
John Briceno - Leader of the PUP
"He is having consultations in his constituency and had a meeting in Independence. When he left he said that right after he got to the first bump he realized that there is a trouble with his brakes. By the time he got to the second bump, still in the village, he realized that he has no breaks. So, that is when he slowed down and went very slowly all the way home. This morning he called the mechanic because he said he has just serviced his vehicle and there should be no problems so he thought it was a mechanical problem. When his mechanic came to check his vehicle and went under the vehicle he saw that somebody went under the vehicle and actually cut the brake line so that all the brake fluid poured out. It is obvious that somebody was sabotaging his vehicle. I hope it is not political sabotage because as I said this is not a direction, this is not a road we want to go, it is a slippery road. He is saying he doesn't have any problems with anybody short of being the PUP deputy leader in the south and the area representative for Stann Creek West. He has gone to the police, he has made his report and I urge the police to do a thorough and intense investigation for us to try to be able to solve this problem."
Ferguson has filed a police report.