‘Undisputed’…this is the only word that I can use to describe Bradley Roberts, Chairman of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) this morning as he is now officially, in my opinion, the undisputed king of nonsensical ramblings.

“FNM sold out to Izmirlian ‘Roberts suggests Minnis trying to save political soul” – The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article; “Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Bradley Roberts yesterday accused the Free National Movement (FNM) of representing the interest of Baha Mar developer Sarkis Izmirlian by recruiting three of the projects former employees to run on its ticket in the upcoming general election.

Roberts was referring to confirmation by former Baha Mar director Dionisio D’Augilar that he intends to run for the FNM; and speculation that former Baha Mar Vice President of Security, Marvin Dames and former head of Baha Mar Leadership Development Institute Jeffery Lloyd are being vetted to run for the party.”

It is simply amazing the manner in which the Chairman of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) is allowed to put forth such asinine speculations without any proffer of validity without someone in that political organization expressing their displeasure or disappointment at the utter rubbish being churned out on a daily basis on behalf of and in the name of the party; I can only surmise that they quite comfortable with or are afraid of Mr. Roberts or could it be both?

So, Mr. Roberts has rubbed two wet sticks together in a desperate attempt to create a fire to distract from the more pressing travesty that is taking place at this time. 

The inner workings of a delusional mind are quite fascinating, to say the very least.

While Mr. Roberts attempts to ‘connect the dot’ that only a delusion mind can concur up, between these three men possibly running under the banner of the Free National Movement and this being a ‘sign’ that Dr. Hubert Minnis, Leader of the Free National Movement, has sold out the party out to Izmirlian, he really should pay more attention to matters of public interests that are more important and much more pressing, unless it is his intent to deflect from these issues.

The main issue at this time being; has the Rt. Hon. Perry Christie, Prime Minister, sold out the country ‘lock, stock and barrel’ to the Chinese to strike his recent ‘deal’ with them?

And as the details of this ‘deal’ have been sealed, the Bahamian public may never know.

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

 

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At the very moment that Prime Minister Perry Christie delivered the ‘good news’ that an agreement had been reached between the Bahamas government and the Export-Import Bank of China (CEXIM) for the completion of the stalled $3.5 bn Baha Mar resort; wherein the Prime Minister stated that that under the agreement/deal, former employees and unsecured creditors would be paid ‘a significant’ part and ‘possibly’ all of the outstanding money owed to them; there was the question of exactly what were the terms of the arrangement/’deal’ and how would it work?

With those questions being asked the details of the ‘deal’; arrangement/agreement were called upon to be sealed but according to the Prime Minister it was the Export-Import Bank of China (CEXIM) that wanted the details sealed, not many people believed him and as the terms and agreements of the ‘deal’ continue to unfold, the Prime Minister’s words and credibility are being called into question.

“Baha Mar claims: No Guarantee on payments” – The Tribune

Excerpt from this article: “The Claims Committee responsible for administrating pay outs to former employees and creditors of Baha Mar updated its website Friday with additional information about the claims process, including a warning that not every creditor is guaranteed to be paid. 

In the updated Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section of the website, claimsspv.net, the committee states: “There is no assurance that you will receive any payment at all.

‘No creditor has any legal entitlement to the fund being administered by the committee.  However, the committee has been formed to review claims and offer payments for valid claims at the committee’s absolute discretion.  Priority will be given to Bahamian creditors on the basis that the fund has been provided in consideration for concession and consents from the government which must benefit the Bahamian people.’

James Smith, the former state minister for finance who heads the Claims Committee, said these statements are made to empathize that pay outs are being made on an ex gratia basis, meaning outside any formal court-supervised liquation process because the money is a gift from the Export-Import Bank of China (CEXIM).

First, I would like to ask exactly what constitutes a ‘valid claim’?

Well one minor detail has been revealed, we now know that the money being used in this process is a ‘gift’ and not a loan, with this being the case and the process not being a ‘court-supervised liquidation process’, why all the secrecy and was the ‘sealing’ of the deal by the Supreme Court not only necessary but also was it legal?

The Christie administration has a lot of explaining to do to the people of the country as more details of this ‘deal’ come to light because with the statement “No creditor has any legal entitlement to the funds and being administered by the committee”, it would seem that the government is telling those that will be paid that they are fortunate to have been favored in the first place.

Indeed, each and every ‘process’ that this government has been involved in on behalf of the people of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas has come under question because each and every one has been ‘shady’’.

So as the Progressive Liberal Party government now prepares itself to ration out this ‘money gift’ to deserving Bahamian creditors, will it also compensate others that were not so fortunate to have ‘their names called’ but were unfortunate enough to have believed in this government and as a result suffered substantial loss all due to their incompetence and ineptitude?

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

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As of late I must admit I have been surprised by a lot, especially by the Progressive Liberal Party, indeed, their actions surprise and amaze me on a daily basis, so why should today be any different as Bradley Roberts, Chairman of the Progressive Liberal Party(PLP) addresses the Official Opposition, Free National Movement’s (FNM) position and concerns over the recently signed ‘deal’ at Baha Mar.

“Roberts slams FNM over position Baha Mar” – The Tribune

Excerpt from this article; “Progressive Liberal Party Chairman Bradley Roberts has branded the Free National Movement a deeply divided party as the organization is perceived to have taken two positions over the unsealing of documents related to the new deal to open $3.5 billion Baha Mar resort.

On Sunday, the FNM announced that it was collecting signatures for an online petition to demonstrate the level of public displeasure with the sealed deal.

However, on Tuesday, FNM Senator Carl Bethel told The Tribune that legally there is nothing the party can do to force the judiciary to unseal the records.  He explained that this is no legal basis for the political organization to assert a right to know in court in connection to the matter.

These two differing positions, Mr. Roberts said was the latest clear example of the ‘woefully deficient’ decision making and judgment of FNM Leader DR. Hubert Minnis.”

Let me get this straight, the FNM party launches an on-line petition to demonstrate the level of displeasure with the ‘deal’ and Senator Carl Bethel saying that there is no legal basis to force the judiciary to unseal the ‘deal’ is a sign of deep friction within the Free National Movement? 

In this case, the ‘quiet war’ being waged against Alfred Sears as he now sets himself to challenge the Rt. Hon. Perry Christie for leadership of the Progressive Liberal Party, suggesting that the PLP leadership is ‘lacking’; is an all out sign of ‘the great divide’, then?

Of course, Mr. Roberts is simply attempting to deflect away from the ‘woefully deficient’ decision making and overall judgment of the PLP Leader and Prime Minister, Perry Christie; that brought the $3.5 bn Baha Mar resort to a stand still for over a year, having many lose great investments and now looking for the government to help them recoup some of this lost, only to find out it may not be as simple as the Prime Minister and his government outlined.

So as the Chairman of the PLP continues to throw excrement against the wall in an attempt to see just how much he can get to stick; I say if the Free National Movement cannot get the ‘deal’ unsealed due to legal reasons there is always another option; which would be to form a ‘committee’, like the one being formed to look into matters related to the recent ruling handed down by Supreme Court Justice Indra Charles involving Marathon Jerome Fitzgerald and his blatant violation of another person’s constitutionally protected right to privacy; to look into the particulars of exactly why this ‘deal’ has been sealed.

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

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I am sitting here giddy as a little school boy as the beautiful and popular girl school is about to come and say something to him; it really does not matter what she says, but I’ll piss all over myself with delight at the very thought that thought that would acknowledge me, I imagine this is how we must/should feel as the government releases more details from the secret ‘deal’ struck over Baha mar.

“Baha Mar details revealed” – The Tribune

Excerpt form this article; “James Smith, former Minister of Finance, head of the committee overseeing payouts, said yesterday that creditors owed up to half a million dollars are ‘likely’ to be fully paid what they are owed.

“How much money those owed more than half a million dollars receive, however, will depend on how many eligible creditors come forth with claims, he said.

Some people may decide to stay out and pursue other means of getting the money, he told The Tribune. “Also, some creditors might have gone out of business or left the island.  So we have to see what response we get to the notice (before saying how much money those owed more than half a million dollars are likely to receive.”

So it has began…….that language that the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) government uses when it has done something and not put enough thought behind it; “…….creditors owed up to half a million dollars are likely to be paid…..”, “How much money those owed more than half a million dollars receive, however……”, that language of confusion, chaos, disorder and uncertainty.

Somewhere in that language of uncertainty, it is intimated that some creditors who are owed money may receive a higher payout because some of the original investors involved in the Baha Mar project may have already ‘folded up’ and gone out of business; many losing all of the money that they invested in this venture; is the government now willing to admit that due to its sheer and utter incompetence and ineptitude, that it has put Bahamian owed companies out of business and more people on the employment line? 

I wonder how the person faired that had the contracts for the pools, just thinking out loud.

But with all said and done, with all who may be getting paid or not getting paid, all who may be getting a full return on their investment, one question was answered fully and that wads he source of the money but we knew this, right?

“Mr.  Smith could not say how much money will be paid out overall but he expects the Export-Import Bank of China (CEXIM) to deposit the money to the committee by mid-September”, so is ‘the committee’ giving CEXIM a figure to payout or are we divvying up whatever is deposited to ‘the committee’ from CEXIM by mid-September?  Is the government’s position still that CEXIM and/or China Construction America (CCA) 0r the ‘new owners’ will not be given any greater concessions that were awarded to Atlantis?  Just exactly how will CEXIM recover the money paid to creditors and ‘borrowed’ from them to complete the Baha Mar resort?  Will this money be in the cost of the resort to the ‘named buyer’ and how are ‘they’ actively selling a resort without having figure oh the full pay out?

I apologize for thinking out out loud; I know the act is greatly discouraged by some in the first place.

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

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We now ready ourselves for another week/round of nonsensical ramblings; irrational apologies and promises from a Progressive Liberal Party government that now wishes to think it has done the Bahamian a great favor by correcting the Baha Mar situation/crisis/saga, choose your adjective.

Minister of Labor, Shane Gibson, was heard boasting this past weekend when he suggested that as in the old western movies, when all seems lost and the music begins to play; he and his government will ride in like ‘heroes’ and rescue the people of the Bahamas not only on Baha Mar but on all other promises that they have failed to deliver on but what about the past four and a half years Mr. Minister?

Yes, the minister and his government are set to ride in and save us all from a mess that they have created through their ineptitude, laziness and greed but now expect us; the people, to thank them for.  This is utter nonsense but as expected the nonsensical ramblings and irrational apologies and promises keep coming.

“PM: Govt. have been told Baha Mar buyers name” – The Tribune

Excerpt from this article; “Prime Minister Perry Christie said she he and a government delegation that traveled to London, England, to meet with investors last week were informed about the identity of the anticipated buyer for the beleaguered Baha Mar resort, however he could not name the group because of the delicate stage of negotiations.

His comments were aired on ZNS News last night and came about a week after he suggested on a local talk show that the government did not yet know who the prospective buyer of the $3.5 billion resort is.”

All I would like to say is that each and every time that I hear the name Hutchison Whampoa, I get nervous, but then oh yes the prime minister has still not given us the name of the buyer yet, still holding onto ‘key details’ for the ‘sealed deal’, he ‘spoon feeds’ the citizens of the Bahamas.

Well, we will have to wait until the Prime Minister deems it appropriate for us to know the details of this ‘deal’ that he has struck on our behalf and in our best interest, by this time maybe, just maybe, the will also share with us just how much this deal is costing us taxpayers.

We now know one thing for sure; it has already cost us the airfare to fly the Prime Minister and his delegation of ‘negotiators’ to London.

Just some random questions; did the China ‘partners’ not only direct the Bahamas government and courts what to do in this matter but also directing the government on whom the buyer should be?

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

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