Opposition votes against BTC sale

The opposition in The Bahamas has voted against the government's controversial decision to sell its majority share in the country's telephone company to Cable and Wireless.



The proposal to sell the shares prompted a protest outside the parliament in Nassau yesterday.



Fifty-one percent of Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) will be sold to Cable and Wireless under a deal signed by Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham.



That deal is being debated in parliament this week.



All but one MP from the ruling Free National Movement party voted in favour of the sale this morning.



One governing MP Branville McCartney resigned minutes after his party voted to approve the sale.