Along  Wulff Road, hung high by the governing Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) government is a banner which reads; “Don’t stop scholarships – Vote PLP”, my only thoughts are that only a political organization that is totally desperate would resort to this level of fear mongering in order to retain power but this seems to have been the ground works for an argument being put forth by the leader of the Progressive Liberal Party; the Hon. Perry Christie; an argument based totally in unmitigated and unsubstantiated fear.

“Christie: Change in govt. could put nation at risk” – The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article; “Prime Minister Perry Christie hit the rally stage at Clifford Park just after midnight yesterday and suggested that a change in the government could irrevocably damage the course of the future.

During an uncharacteristically short speech, Christie stressed the importance of returning the Progressive Liberal Party-led government to power.

‘I don’t want this country to enter into a period of instability,’ Christie said. ‘I don’t want to see this country lose the progress we’ve worked so hard for.’

‘…..Good things, big things are underway and the danger of the FNM is all of that and more is at risk.  We know the FNM’s record of stop and cancel.”

First, I would like to point out that it is my opinion that Perry Christie gave a short speech last night due to one fact, he had nothing sensible to say and he was quite aware of the fact; so to give a short speech based in unsubstantiated fear mongering and Progressive Liberal Party ‘facts’ was in his best interest, as the Perry Christie is able to make the statement of  a “Change in govt. could put nation at risk” but is unable to make a plausible argument for it and back it with any substantive facts of any sort.  I encourage the Prime Minister, when he would want to get down and dirty like this, to recall the 52 week program initiated by the Free National Movement (FNM) and look at its successes and then talk about the FNM’s record of ‘stop and review’.

The Prime Minister again speaks to “…..Good things, big things [that] are underway” which would be stopped if the Progressive Liberal Party were to lose tomorrow elections and the collective public would like to know exactly what is he speaking to as for the past five years the country’s economy has been in a shambles, with over a billion dollars being unaccounted for; the crime rate is at an all time high with no answers in sight from the out-going government; the educational system has not improved as promised but yet this government wishes to speak to its successes and ask for another term in office to build on them; seriously?

Let us talk fact and not fear mongering. It is fact that this government has been embroiled in the most controversies of any government in the history of the Bahamas and without any consequences.  It is fact that is almost any other ‘civilized’ society, many of the current politicians would have been re-called and some even jailed.

It is fact that the country has not moved forward under this administration, given that some of the programs introduced by them were full of potential, it has become clear that they were only introduced as ‘pay-back’ for political patronage and therefore went nowhere and became a drain on the country’s coffers.

It is fact that some of the programs introduced by this government have actually moved the country backward, with only ‘certain’ government officials and their ‘friends and ‘family’ moving ahead.

Indeed, the Leader of the Progressive Liberal Party seems to have resorted to ‘yellow-belling’, fear mongering in order to convince people to give him and his party another chance to do ‘big things’ and people, such as myself, would like to like to let him know, as far as we are concerned his political life is over.

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

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