And while Faber lectured the teachers on ignorance, he also had a few choice words for the Kremandala media empire. He says the likes and dislikes of the zinc fence crowd doesn’t move him one way or the other.
Hon. Patrick Faber,
“When there was some coming up about the whole issue, there were some in some corners behind the fence who jumped up all of a sudden and yes hooray Minister. Well the zinc fence has never been a fan of Patrick Faber. They supported two candidates against me in the last election so me nuh get jumpy when me see them jump up. They have never been fans of Patrick Faber even though they reside, you hear them about shake and bake in Lake, they shake and bake from back a Collet, that is the Collet constituency. They’ve never helped, they’ve never assisted in a single….but anyway that is another matter. So they don’t move me when they jump on the bandwagon or claim to be on the bandwagon but thy have their own agenda.”
The Senate will meet to consider the bill tomorrow. It is expected to get approval and from there it will be passed unto the GG for his assent. After that, the corporal punishment elimination element will not become law until it is activated with a statutory by the Education Minister which he hopes to do by the new school year in September.
