After eight years the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) will finally or conveniently enact the democratic process of a national convention in that political organization; despite the fact that the organization’s very own constitution mandates a national convention every two years.  It would also seem that the present leader of the organization, The Rt. Hon. Perry G. Christie, is suggesting that he has not come to ask anyone to vote for him just because he is the present leader but rather asking everyone to come together, be unified and vote for him based on this record as leader of the Progressive Liberal Party and as Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas because of what he has done for the country and for the people of the country; as he suggests that is the only person within that organization that is capable of leading it to an election victory and the only person that can continue to improve the lives of the citizens of this country.

It would appear that the ‘bridge to the future’ is no more as Mr. Christie, now 73 years old, has found it necessary within his mind to not endorse a younger and capable person within Alfred Sears but rather compete against him.

“PM eager for another term – Christie calls for unified approach at PLP convention” – The Tribune

Excerpt from this article; “As he gears up for a leadership challenge at the Progressive Liberal Party’s first convention since 2009, Prime Minister Perry Christie spoke of his energy and eagerness to serve another term, as he urged party supporters not to ‘squander’ the opportunity to win the general election.

Speaking before a crowd of jubilant supporters at the PLP’s Women’s Branch meeting yesterday, Mr. Christie brushed off his critics as he spoke of plans his administration looks to finalize before the votes hit the polls this year.

High lightening many of his achievements, Mr. Christie contended that the PLP has done and continues to do ‘everything possible to move The Bahamas forward.’  He also urged party supporters to show the country how strong and unified the PLP is at its upcoming election.

He suggested that despite efforts by a section of his party to unseat him as leader, he will not relent in the forward progress of the country, nor his political work.”  This last statement is a very good reason for Mr. Christie to be made to realize that the time has come for him to retire from front line politics, “he will not relent in the forward progress of the country, nor his political work”?  The questions now moves from ‘Is the Prime Minister delusional’ to ‘How delusional is the Prime Minister?’

As the Prime Minister speaks to his achievements and not those of the Progressive Liberal Party, I find it fitting then to bring my queries of these achievements to his ‘doorstep’.  It is my opinion and I am sure that I am not alone in this assertion, that the country has not improved under this Progressive Liberal Party’s administration and a lot would say that we have actually declined and the quality of life for the average citizen has declined.

Prime Minister Perry Christie would speak to the economic boom that has happened under his watch, and this must be a loud noise in his head as we have watched more persons join the unemployment line, taxes increase, the cost of living increase and our credit rating being downgraded four times since he has taken control on May 7^th, 2012.  The crime rate is out of control as more and more persons find it prudent to get home before dark and lock their doors; still feeling unsafe to even be in a secured  yard with all of their doors locked.  The Progressive Liberal Party, under the leadership of Perry Christie has failed the people of the Bahamas over and over again, as they seem to only cater to special interest groups and those that ‘they know’, leaving the rest of the people that elected them to office to fend for themselves but yet this is the record that Prime Minister Perry Christie would now choose to stand on and offer to not only be re-elected as the leader of the Progressive Liberal Party but also as leader of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas; while many of us wonder, whatever happened to the promise of stepping down after two years?

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

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