The case of the mysterious emails has taken on a life of its won and has gone from the utter and blatant disrespect by the governing Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) for the citizens of the country, to a total disrespect of the Judiciary and rule of law, which was all in an attempt to protect same said citizens

The Judiciary, in an attempt to protect the citizenry from clear violations of constitutionally protected rights, one being the against the invasion of privacy, has been totally disrespected by the Executive; a government that now seeks to hide like cowards behind parliamentary privilege, which in my opinion they have applied incorrectly.

“Johnson suggests judiciary being undermined” – The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article: “Bahamas Bar Association president Elsworth Johnson said last night the association stands ready to defend the judiciary and encouraged senior members of the Bar who sit in Parliament to ‘take serious our oath’ when it comes to the judiciary being undermined.

Johnson was responding to questions surrounding Marathon MP Jerome Fitzgerald’s motion in Parliament on Monday to have Supreme Court Justice Indra Charles, Save the Bays director of legal affairs Fred Smith and lawyer Ferron Bethell called before the House of Assembly’s Committee of Privilege to determine if they should held in contempt of Parliament over a court injunction Charles granted last Thursday.

Deputy Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis, a queens counsel, seconded the motion.

The move came after House Speaker Dr. Kendal Major strongly condemned the injunction, which seeks to prohibit respondents, including Fitzgerald, Fox Hill MP Fred Mitchell and the attorney general from appropriating, publishing or disclosing emails, even in Parliament, belonging to Save The Bays (STB) members.”

It would seem that this government has gone ‘mad’ with power, as they seek to intimidate anyone that stands up against them to the point where they now are threatening  Supreme Court Justice Indra Charles, Save the Bays director of legal affairs Fred Smith and lawyer Ferron Bethell with being called before the House of Assembly’s Committee of Privilege to determine if they should held in contempt of Parliament all due to the fact they sought to prevent members of the House of Assembly from tabling private correspondence; emails and financial documents of members of Save The Bays, which the government has yet to offer any reasonable and/or viable explanation as to how these private documents/ correspondence were obtained; this is pure and utter madness.

Elsworth Johnson has taken an optimistic approach to the situation as he ‘expressed confidence that the prime minister, attorney general and chief justice will resolve the matter’ and I applaud him for this in light of the dictatorial fashion that this government has carried out the people’s business, I will have to wait and see but I do not have the confidence that he has in his government that they will correct a wrong especially when it is clear that they are wrong, as the main point made by Elsworth clearly points out; “It is an unfortunate situation when the whole question of the independence of [an[ impartial…….judiciary is being, what may appear to be, undermined, and then the question of parliamentary privilege, which may or may not be absolute privilege.” Johnson told The Nassau Guardian.

The Progressive Liberal Party fails for one reason, it is within their nature.

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