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The Attorney General of Barbados Adriel Brathwaite has been accused of behaving “fundamentally foolish” in rejecting a call for all children in Barbados to undergo DNA testing at birth.
Breaking his silence on the minister’s criticisms, Boyce said yesterday that “no politician with a temporary lease” on authority should behave the way Brathwaite did.
Boyce also found it ironical that Brathwaite had rejected his DNA testing idea as lacking substance when “his own Government” had awarded the former Chief Education Officer a Gold Crown Of Merit for outstanding community work.
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