The Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) seems to be at it again; showing how dysfunctional they are as a political organization and giving us very good reason to never again return them to office, at least not in this form.

This time they choose to show their ineptitude and in competence by highlighting their failure as a government on crime by attempting to highlight the present government’s failures on crime but it seems that this message they cannot quite agree on as they seek to respond to the latest crime stats.

First let us address the person that seems to know the future but did not seem to know much about anything when he held the office of deputy prime minister, Philip ‘Brave’ Davis; as he makes the claim that the Free National Movement (FNM) government has failed to lessen crime but making this announcement one day before the release of the crime figures, he is simply amazing.

“Davis: FNM failed to lessen crime – Former DPM claims closing the NIA has led to increased crime” – The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article; “Suggesting there could be some correlation between the disbandment of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and an increase in certain categories of crime, opposition leader Philip Brave Davis said yesterday the Free National Movement (FNM) claimed to have the answers to reduce crime in The Bahamas, but has not demonstrated this.

However, new crime numbers are not yet out.

Davis called the Minnis administration “hypocritical” and “disappointing.”

Then as the leader of the Progressive Liberal Party goes on to make these statements that were proven erroneous by the crime stats released the very next day, maybe his crystal ball is a bit cloudy and in need of a tune-up, the Chairman of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), Senator Fred Mitchell goes about and off on a totally different rant which clearly contradicts those being made by his leader as he claims that the country has to thank the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) for the fall in crime.

“Mitchell says fall in crime is thanks to PLP” – The Tribune

Excerpt from this article; PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Chairman Fred Mitchell yesterday criticized the media, the Free National Movement, and Minister of National Security Marvin Dames for what Mitchell perceives to be an in accurate narrative surrounding who is responsible for the reported decrease in crime in the country.

Mr. Mitchell is adamant that ‘the PLP put in place the programmes that the country is now benefitting from in seeking to lessen violence in the society.’ He also accused the media of ‘adoring’ the Free National Movement in view of recent police statistics revealing that overall crime declined by 14 per cent in 2017, though there was a 10 per cent increase in murders.”

Now let me warn you Senator Mitchell, if you are going to take credit for the decrease in crime overall then you are going to have to take credit of the uptick in the murder rate as well but this is like talking to a brick wall in this regard and probably a waste of time.

So someone is hedging their bet here; if the crime figures are accurate then they are were made possible by the previous PLP administration and its policies that they left in place and have already accused the current FNM of reviewing and cancelling and they are not accurate, then the Free National Movement has failed in crime.

The entire situation reminds me of the when the Progressive Liberal Party, when in power, claimed for years that the economy was ‘turning the corner’ despite the figures to prove the opposite and despite the economic downgrades that seems to follow each and every one of these announcements. 

Who would believe a word that comes out their camp of chaos and confusion anymore?

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