“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing” – Edmund

“Bannister” There must be consequences” – The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article; “Minister of Public Works Desmond Bannister said yesterday that the Minnis administration is not interested in blaming members of the Christie administration for every ill facing the country, but said ‘there must consequences’ for wrong doing.’

‘We are not interested in the blame game, but there must be consequences,’ he said.

‘The Bahamian people want to see consequences for actions if something happened that is wrong, it is important first of all, for us to share with the people.  They want to know.

“They want to know if somebody was sitting in elected office for years and accepting kickback.’

‘They want to know that’

‘Then the second step comes in: they want to know what we are going to do about that.”

In My morning Paper’s opinion, what a lot of people want to know is that while you served in public office, you did all that was in your power to fulfill your promises bring about legislature that bettered the lives of the citizens and bettered the country at large and did not act in a self-serving manner; enriching yourself at their expense – actions such as these in the public’s eyes deserves dire consequences.

We must turn the corner, so to speak, as it relates to accountability, and actually walk the road no matter how rough it may be – there must be consequences.

It has been alleged that the former Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) government, who claim that the present government is on a ‘witch hunt’ as it seeks to bring about accountability, did just this, in that that they enriched themselves at the expense of the public whom they served and the public believes that if after the proper investigations are carried out, and if there are any findings of wrong doing on behalf of any public official past or present, that consequences should follow but of course the interim Leader of the Opposition Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) would hope to convince the public otherwise; while seeming to oppose accountability; “Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Leader Philip Brave Davis said last week that the PLP is not a corrupt party.’

We do not support corruption in any form,’ he said in a message to PLP supporters.

‘The events now before us are designed to sap the will of the PLP and destroy the party.”

So, essentially, the call for accountability and action of bringing about the necessary consequences is only a ‘with hunt’, ‘designed to sap the will of the PLP and destroy the party’; is this the spin that the interim leader of the opposition wishes to bring about the action of bringing accountability to the government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, then so be it but it seems to speak to a conscience that is not clear.

The truth of the matter a corner is being turned that impacts on the future course of the country and if the Progressive Liberal Party thinks that is all about them, because it affects all political organizations, then a rock must have been thrown.

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