It has become my most fervent belief that the current move by the opposition Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) in their attempt to bring a vote of no confidence against the Speaker of The House of Assembly, Halson Moultrie is to serve two purposes; one, to make it appear as if he opposition is holding the government’s feet to the fire and two; more importantly, to highlight and label the comments of the speaker as being misogynistic  and thereby label anyone that supports him, his parliamentary colleagues, as such if they do not support their motion, the only problem that they have is that no one is listening to them anymore.

“Davis seeks to remove Moultrie – PLP leader set to move no confidence motion; PLP Chairman calls for supporters to assemble at Parliament” – The Nassau Guardian – 12^th February 2018

Excerpt from this article; “Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Leader Philip Brave Davis has written to House of Assembly Acting Clerk David Forbes indicating that he or another member of the opposition will seek to move a vote of no confidence in House Speaker Halson Moultrie because he is not fit to hold that office.

The letter is the latest in a battle between the speaker and the opposition after he suspended all four PLP MP’s.”

This move can only serve one of these two purposes because there is very little that the opposition can do, in way of bringing about the removal of Moultrie though a vote of no confidence if there are only four of them in the House of Assembly, while the government controls the other twenty eight (28) seats.

It is amusing, because at any other time a move like this would be seen as smart politics but at this time when nobody is listening to you, it makes no sense and is more like going into the wilderness and screaming out in hopes that someone would hear you; it makes no sense but seems to be exactly what the Progressive Liberal Party is prepared to do, as this is essentially what they have been about of late, actions and words that make no sense.

So we sit one day before the opposition wishes to make this ‘bold’ move, and maybe they are at this very moment attempting to convince members of the governing party to follow them down this path but I think they will have a long wait because as I have said, most of the country no longer listens to them anymore.

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

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