Shadow Transport Minister Trevor Moniz has called on the Minister to come clean over whether the Progressive Labour Party plan to bring in an electronic taxi tracking scheme.

Transport Minister Dr. Ewart Brown has denied he is backtracking over proposals to make the controversial Global Position Systems (GPS) mandatory in cabs.

But he has refused to say whether Government will push ahead with the plan if re-elected after earlier indicating it could be dropped because it is contentious.

Commenting on the confusion Mr. Moniz said: "He's dug himself a hole and now he's trying to figure out how to get out of it.

"People understand that, they don't need me to tell them. I think the Bermuda public are pretty smart and people understand what's going on, there's an election called and he's backtracked.

"Before he said he was determined to proceed as it was. Is that the case or is that not the case?

"If he's not changed his mind and he's intending to go ahead does the Premier intend to support him? It's a simple question."

Asked if the Premier and Dr. Brown might have differing views, Mr. Moniz said that in Cabinet you must speak for Government.

"You all speak with one voice, you can't be saying something different from the Premier.

"If he is, then you have a divided cabinet and a divided cabinet will surely fall if they are not singing from the same hymn book."

Gordon Flood, the President of Bermuda Taxi Owners' Association (BTOA), which has campaigned against GPS, said: "We basically know what his (Dr. Brown's) position is - if he gets back into power he's definitely going to re-introduce it."

The scheme was defeated in the Senate last June and has caused strikes and protests among drivers.

Drivers have a meeting on Monday with the Premier.

Asked what was the point of the meeting if taxi operators felt Government would implement GPS regardless, Mr. Flood said they had wanted an earlier meeting and it would be discourteous to cancel now.

He said he believed Dr. Brown would still be Transport Minister if the PLP won the election - even if he lost his seat and had to be put in the Senate.

Mr. Flood said a PLP victory was not a foregone conclusion and that he would be advising drivers to vote against the party to stop GPS.

Drivers say GPS is expensive and unnecessary. They want a cheaper computerised dispatching system.