While I fully support Dr. Hubert Minnis as prime minister and as the leader of the Free National Movement (FNM), I implore him to understand that he cannot reasonably continue to send the message that the government; this or any government, will be “open and transparent” only when it is convenient for them. This is the easiest and quickest way to lose credibility and to diminish your political capital.
While the Oban issue seems to be dying down; the issue of the prime minister signing a heads of agreement, ceremonial or not with so little information being offered to the people of the country we now have this being followed by the dismissal of the chairman of the Antiquities, Monuments and Museums Corporation (AMMC), Reese Chipman; member of parliament for Centerville and Farm Road as chairman of that corporation.

“PM: I was right to sack Chipman – But Minnis won’t actually say why he swung the ax” – The Nassau Guardian; March 27, 2018.
Excerpt from this article; “While telling reporters he will not reveal some of the details surrounding Centerville MP Reese Chipman’s firing as chairman from a government corporation, Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis said he did what was ‘right’.
This decision he said will not hurt his relationship with Mr. Chipman who was on Saturday [24th March 2018] fired by the prime minister as chairman of the Antiquities Monuments and Museums Corporation.
‘I do what I think is right,’ Dr, Minnis said yesterday. ‘You voted for me to do a job. I told the Bahamian people that if there is any undoing or what I consider against our policies in either party be it the Progressive Liberal Party or Free National Movement, then we will deal with it appropriately. We (are) dealing with society.”
While the prime minister suggests here that he has given ‘some details surrounding’ the termination of Mr. Chipman from the corporation, the truth is that to date and to my knowledge, no details have been given by the prime minister or his office as it relates to the details surrounding this issue. This one point then makes the entire firing ‘ripe’ for supposition and speculation by those that wish to create discord within the government for many reason but the main one being that it would seem to contradict the campaign promise of “an open and transparent government”, this has a lot of people who wish well of this prime minister and this government somewhat concerned as they see the present prime minister following in the footsteps of his predecessor; the “Hon.” Perry Christie.
Yes indeed, we did vote for you to do a job and in doing so you promised to set a new standard; which should have been the norm and which it seems that you presently have been attempting to do but you cannot not without telling the people that you work for as to why do did what you did. The prime minister say that this firing will not hurt his relationship with Mr. Chipman but will the lack of information to the public, as to what brought about this action hurt his credibility with his supporters?
I will close as I opened, while I fully support Dr. Hubert Minnis as prime minister and leader of the Free National Movement (FNM), I implore him to understand that he cannot reasonably continue to send the message that the government will be “open and transparent” only when it is convenient for them; we had a government that tried this and we can see what happened to them
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