I do not know who is advising the interim leader of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), the Hon. Philip ‘Brave’ Davis, but what I do know is that this person needs to be fired and if Mr. Davis is coming up with these ideas on his own or reaching these conclusions all by himself, the PLP is getting a good glimpse of what he would be like as leader of the party and the citizens of The Bahamas is getting a good idea of what he would be like as prime minister.

Mr. Davis’ thought process is questionable at best and indeed very frightening and should be of concern to all, as it would appear that we are the only country in the world, by Mr. Davis’ intimations, which seeks to hold elected officials accountable for wrong-doing but are we really?

“Davis: Arrests damaging Bahamas’ reputation” – The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article; “Opposition Leader Philip Brave Davis said yesterday that while the arrests and subsequent arraignments of three former Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) parliamentarians have hurt the party those arrests will do even more damage to the county’s international image.

‘We are hearing it already,’ Davis told the media.

‘We are getting calls not just from across the country but from around the Caribbean about how these are being played out in the general public, particularly [from] the investment community.”

It is indeed odd that as other countries seek to implement anti-corruption laws/legislation or attempt to enforce them, the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) is attempting to suggest that there are some foreign investors that would now shy away from doing business with The Bahamas because the country has introduced anti-corruption measures and is making an attempt to enforce them – my question is, are these people that we should be doing business with in the first place?

“Public corruption is endemic at the highest levels of government in many nations.  Such ‘grand corruption’ is costly, is closely correlated with the most serious abuses of human right, and threatens the stability of many nations and the world.  Grand corruption depends on a culture of impunity that exists because of the unwillingness of leaders to permit the honest and able investigation of their friends, families and indeed, themselves.

International efforts to combat grand corruption have been inadequate and ineffective.  Similar circumstances concerning genocide and other egregious abuses of human rights led to the creation of the International Criminal Court (“ICC”) in 2002.

An International Anti-Corruption Court (“IACC”), similar to the ICC or as part of it, should now be established to provide a forum for the criminal enforcement of the laws prohibiting grand corruption that exist in virtually every country, and the undertaking that are requirements of various treaties and international organizations.” [Excerpt from “The Case for an International Anticorruption Court” – Judge Mark Wolf; July 23, 2014]

So indeed, there seems to be an attempt worldwide to being acts of corruption under control, even having the consideration of an International Anti-Corruption court being set up, so for Mr. Davis to suggest that the international community is becoming concerned over the recent arrests and arraignments of certain members of the former Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) government is disingenuous at best and I would have to ask Mr. Davis to provide evidence of these, otherwise his word cannot be taken at ‘face value’,

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

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