PM Browne Defends Peace Beach Works, Accuses Fuller of Racial Double Standards

Prime Minister Gaston Browne today defended the development of Peace Beach and accused environmental activist Eli Fuller of racial double standards, saying comparable projects by white developers had not attracted the same criticism.

Browne said dredged material had remained at the site for approximately three years before being levelled and landscaped.

“Now that we levelled up all of the spoils and created a nice beautiful beach,” he said, adding that “we got all the necessary approvals.”

The prime minister accused Fuller of calling for his imprisonment over the work, describing his criticism as “saying how I should be in jail.”

Browne alleged that Fuller had remained silent about other beach developments but objected when his family undertook similar work.

“He didn’t say boo,” Browne said of Fuller’s response to projects he attributed to white developers.

“But because a black man built a nice beautiful beach, you know, wanted to kill me and my family,” he added. Browne did not describe a specific threat in the supplied remarks.

The prime minister also accused his critics of racial superiority.

“They believe that they have some little superiority, but they can’t play that game with me,” he said.

Browne defended his description of Fuller as an “old miserable white man,” saying the wording was deliberate.

“It’s not a mistake that I refer to him as an old miserable white man,” he said.

“They had all kind of opportunities, and as soon as they see a little black man start to grow and they want to tear them down.”

His remarks come as Fuller prepares to seek a meeting with the prime minister to deliver approximately 180 pages of petition signatures calling for unrestricted public access to Jolly Harbour Beach.

Fuller says nearly 4,000 people have signed the petition. Approximately 100 people attended a demonstration at Jolly Harbour on November 4, concluding a three-day environmental protest campaign.

The activist argues that the loss of parking and restrictions on access routes have made the beach increasingly difficult to reach. He has also questioned public consultation surrounding the Nikki Beach Resort development and criticised the presence of armed police at the demonstration.

Fuller plans further protests and has warned that unresolved beach-access concerns could have political consequences.

The Jolly Harbour access campaign concerns a separate location from Peace Beach at Barnacle Point.

Browne did not identify the permits or approving agencies in the supplied remarks. Fuller’s response to the allegations of racial double standards was not included in the material provided.