Minister of VSA gave conflicting responses to questions. | SMN News

March 21, 2019

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PHILIPSBURG: --- Members of Parliament basically caught the Minister of VSA Emil Lee with his pants down as he gave conflicting answers to several questions posed to him. The Minister provided those answers on Thursday afternoon during the Central Committee meeting on the draft 2019 budget.
At one point the Minister said he got vehicles from a secret donor for his Ministry post-IRMA While answering questions Lee said at one point that the vehicles were leased, then purchased and even donated to the Ministry, when confronted Lee said

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