The Barbados Labour Party (BLP) has issued a formal condemnation of an unverified document circulating across social media platforms that levels unsubstantiated allegations against Dwight Sutherland, the former Minister of Housing, Lands and Maintenance. This four-page document, which bears no date or author signature, claims to originate from a group identifying as ‘The Constituency of St George South and the Diaspora’ and is purportedly addressed to former President Dame Sandra Mason, Prime Minister Mia Mottley, and the BLP General Secretary.
In an official statement released on Monday, Senator Dr. Jerome Walcott, who serves as the party’s General Secretary, firmly denied that either the Prime Minister’s office or his own had received any such correspondence. Dr. Walcott dismissed the document’s contents in unequivocal terms, labeling them as ‘absolute rubbish.’ He characterized the letter as a scurrilous and entirely unwarranted attack on Mr. Sutherland, whom he praised as a long-standing, dedicated member of the BLP and a highly valued parliamentary representative for the constituency of St George South.
Furthermore, Dr. Walcott cautioned the Barbadian public to anticipate a potential increase in similar anonymous publications and the proliferation of fabricated news in the coming months, framing it as a likely tactic by detractors. Mr. Sutherland had resigned from his ministerial post back in September, officially citing personal reasons for his departure. He continues to fulfill his elected role as the Member of Parliament for St George South.