PM Sheds Light on Post Office Plans

LONDON, ENGLAND – More than two years after the General Post Office relocated to the Town Centre Mall, the Prime Minister discussed the likelihood of the government breaking the controversial lease.

He sat down with Vaughnique Toote.

If it is too costly to break the government’s lease with the owners of the Town Centre Mall, Prime Minister Philip Davis suggested in an interview with Our News that the General Post Office may remain in that building until a new facility is built.

Last week, Transport and Housing Minister Jobeth Coleby-Davis tabled the five-year lease, which revealed that the government is spending just over $820,000 a year to lease space in Town Centre Mall, which is owned by former Cabinet Minister Brent Symonette and his brother.

The lease expires on February 28, 2024.

The last Christie administration entered into a public-private partnership to construct the new general post office at the Independence Shopping Centre opposite AF Adderley School. Davis was asked whether he intends to carry on with those plans.

While in Opposition, the Progressive Liberal Party accused then-Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis of misleading the House of Assembly when the government sought its approval to lease the Town Centre Mall.

The resolution stated that Symonette had no involvement in discussions surrounding the lease, but Symonette later revealed that he and the Prime Minister had discussed the matter directly, including how much the rent would be.

In 2019, Davis said the opposition had given instructions to Alfred Sears to explore the “possibility” of legal action.