In what can only be seen as the height of hypocrisy or the lows of duplicity, the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) now calls for ‘justice and fair play’, after the recent arrests of several former PLP Cabinet members on charges of extortion and bribery but like former PLP member of parliament for Marathon once warned; if you touch one then you touch all, or something to that effect and personally I have no problem with this notion at all.

“PLP considering demonstration in anniversary of Sir Lynden’s death” – The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article; “Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Senator Fred Mitchell said he party is considering holding a ‘mass gathering’ of supporters on August 26 in protest of the recent arrest and alleged ‘mistreatment’ of the former PLP parliamentarians.

‘As a result of the mistreatment of those people who are our former members of Parliament and senators, a lot of people have been asking for us to do some form of public demonstration,’ said Mitchell during a PLP branch meeting in Dundas Town, Abaco on Saturday.

‘I’m thinking that the anniversary of the death of [former Prime Minister the late] Sir Lynden Pindling comes up on the 26^th of August.  So we are thinking of having a mass gathering and a march to the mausoleum of Sir Lynden on the 26^th of August, which is a Saturday”

So now the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) seeks to, through the memory of the party’s former leader and the country’s first prime Minister, Sir Lynden Pindling, invoke some sort of sympathy in attempt to rally its base, which has all about abandoned them by calling for “Justice & Fair Play” – two things that the previous Christie administration knew nothing of; as they did what they wanted, when they wanted with no regard for the voice of the people whom they represented; only suing democracy when it benefitted them, that is at their convenience.

Senator Fred Mitchell and the rest of the Progressive Liberal Party seem to be no more than a shell of themselves; weak and frightened persons still hiding in the ‘shadow’ of Sir Lynden Pindling, afraid to stand on their own as they firmly grasping onto his coat tails in fear that they may ‘fall’ if they were to attempt to walk on their own.

It is indeed fitting that Senator Mitchell would make this announcement, the ‘mass gathering’ and all for “Justice & Fair Play” probably being his idea, one side note; wasn’t he the very same person that wished to violate the constitution of The Bahamas by revealing the private information of private citizens in the House of Assembly but then to look at his record, we must remember this is the very same man that set fire to the Constitution of The Bahamas under the fig tree outside The Supreme Court, saying “I intend to smite every enemy that dares to launch against me”, he was always one for the dramatic, in his attempt to become known at that time and to remain relevant today. 

I say that this must have been Senator’s Mitchell idea and bring up the fact that he seeks to remains relevant as there is also an announcement of the upcoming Progressive Liberal Party’s convention, October 22^nd through the 25^th.

I again ask whose agenda is Senator Mitchell fulfilling and whose interest does he serve?

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