“Christie: I will go beyond Sir Lynden – PM wants continued rule” – The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article; “Perry Christie said he plans to serve as an MP beyond even late Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Leader and Prime Minister Sir Lynden Pindling.

His comments came as he spoke to the importance of separating politics from the healthcare system yesterday.

‘One of the dangers of The Bahamas is our politics.’

Christie said while speaking at the opening ceremony of the integrated health information management system (IHIMS).

‘I’m in a category of my own, because now, only Sir Roland Symonette and Sir. Lynden have served longer than I am, and by the grace of God, in another short period of time, I will go beyond Sir. Lynden.

‘I’m not talking about elections, you know.

I’m not talking about elections, you know.

‘If you care to know, I’ve won eight consecutive elections, and it’s not a question of whether I will win again.  I’m not raising that.

‘The point I’m making is that we have to be discerning as a country, particularly in the field of healthcare as to how we engage our politics, because the people involved in dispensing services in the field of health are the last people in the world to be in political.”

Mr. Prime Minister, what exactly are you talking about as you attempt to disparage the Leader of the Free National Movement (FNM) Dr. Hubert Minnis and freely and openly allow your Chairman, Mr. Bradley Roberts, to attach pastor Duncombe based solely on their chosen professions.  Maybe your government will put together a list of professions that cannot enter the political arena and share it with the rest of the country because by your very own intimations, the Minister of National Security and member of Parliament for Bain and Grants Town, the Hon. Bernard Nottage needs to step down immediately, it this what you are talking about or are you being even more asinine and shallow than this?

To tell the truth, I was actually afraid for a moment, thinking that Prime Minister Perry Christie was suggesting that he would suppress Sir. Lynden in terms of achievement as Prime Minister and what he had/has contributed to the country but Mr. Christie cannot even to think to commit such a ‘sin’ especially given his dismal record as Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and given the fact that he has lied to his party promising not to serve a full term but now seeking to serve even more.

It now seems that Perry Christie has out himself into to a ‘race’ with Sir Lynden, who served as Prime Minister for twenty five (25) consecutive years; doesn’t he realize that he has already lost that ‘race’.

I am beginning to get the feeling that for Mr. Christie, The Office of Prime Minister (OPM) is not a place in which to effect forward growth for the county but rather a status symbol which he now seeks to use to outdo his predecessor in Sir Lynden Pindling.  This seem to have become like a basketball game to him; like LeBron seeking to outdo Michael Jordon in winning championships and rings – is this the way in which Perry Christie now views his stint as Prime Minister?

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

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