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HAMILTON, Bermuda, Mar 17 2016 – Shawn Crockwell has launched a stinging attack on Premier Michael Dunkley after resigning as Bermuda’s Tourism and Transport Minister.
Crockwell quit late Wednesday, saying he had lost confidence in the ruling One Bermuda Alliance (OBA) under Dunkley’s leadership.
He said their lack of understanding of the black community had resulted in the tense demonstrations and industrial activity of the past week over the proposed Pathways to Status initiative.
Demonstrators want the immigration bill withdrawn and the protest went into a fifth day on Thursday.
Crockwell, a lawyer, who said he would stay on as a backbencher, further accused Dunkley of failing to rise above political posturing.
Dunkley said he had accepted Crockwell’s resignation “with regret”.
