Today, we asked the Prime Minister as Minister for Civil Aviation - what he thinks of the possible lawsuit. Not surprisingly, he expressed displeasure:
John Briceno, Prime Minister:
"But of course I have to be concerned. I mean, I'm a bit disappointed that that's going to happen, but not surprised. But more than that, I don't want to comment, because quite likely it will end up in court."
Reporter:
"In relation to the BAA and its responsibility to provide security at municipal airstrips, now that those two contracts have been terminated, how is BAA providing the necessary security?"
John Briceno, Prime Minister:
"Well, at this time, I don't know. I don't want to answer a part about the legal requirement, because that's, let the court decide that. But what we have done is to be able to ask the police and the airlines to be able to provide the security for the time being."
"The board is meeting, there are certainly more discussions, and I'm pretty certain, I think, and I need to meet with the management of the BAA. They asked me to meet with BAA, but I've not been able to meet with them. I was not here these days to see what is the way forward. Obviously, it will have to be advertised. And last time it was, but it was with limited tendering. This time it's going to be open to everyone and to see who can give us the best proposal."
We note that the Prime Minister did not express displeasure about the judicial review being brought against him by his family-affiliated company, SMART.
