“Isaacs threatens to strike PM- Says he was disgusted by Minnis’ statements in House” – The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article; “Progressive Liberal Party (PLP Chairman Emeritus Errington ‘Minky’ Isaacs yesterday challenged Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis to say outside of Parliament what he said about him receiving a nearly $2 million per year contract from Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) to clean up oil, so he could strike him in his mouth.’

Asked his thinking about the prime minister making the revelations during the budget debate on Tuesday night, Isaacs told The Nassau Guardian, ‘I was disgusted.  I wish he would make it (the statement) in public in front of me.  I would strike him right in his mouth.”

Now exactly what is PLP Chairman Emeritus Errington ‘Minky’ Isaacs so disgusted about and also does whether the prime minister’s statement was made in the House of Assembly really matter, because I do not think that parliamentary privilege would exempt the prime minister from an ass whooping so go for it but just to be sure you may want to check in with Fred Mitchell and/or Jerome Fitzgerald, our resident experts on parliamentary privilege.

“Minnis revealed that the commencement date of the contract was March 27, 201, while the expiration date for the contract was March 27, 2017.

The amount for the contract was $1,852,829.56 per year.

‘The contract was for the provision of labor and cleaning service for the BEC premises located at Blue Hills power station and Clifton power station,’ Minnis said.

‘Remedial work of this kind requires specialized knowledge.

I was told that oil cleaning was also a part f the contract.

‘Now, from what I know from this individual, he knows nothing of cleaning oil.”

But Mr. Isaacs claims that he does know actually does know something about oil clean up and if h did not know about it he would hire people that did,

“Responding to the prime minister, Isaacs said, ‘The ‘fellas’ who own baseball teams and basketball teams, they don’t know a hoot about playing baseball and basket ball.’

He says they hire people who know how to do these things, suggesting that that is what he did.

However Isaacs also stressed that he is qualified for the work.

I know about clean ups because I was in the aircraft maintenance business and we use to do clean up,’ said Isaacs, who is a pilot.”

Now you see he should have quitted while he was ahead and had the ‘story’ sorted out that he hired someone to do the work. 

Is Mr. Isaacs suggesting that any qualified mechanic was qualified to carry out the works as required?

In this case, when the job went out to tender, did it go out to each and every certified car mechanic and all other mechanics?

Can I have my car mechanic put in a bid at the time of anther oil clean up?

Surely, I jest but is this is how Mr. Isaacs is attempting to rationalize the payments recently revealed during the budget debate, is this why he wants to ‘meet the prime minister in the parking lot’?

The Progressive Liberal Party continues to fail for one reason, it is their nature.

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