Philip ‘Brave’ Davis, leader of the opposition Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), finds himself in a situation of sorts to make his party and himself seem credible and appealing for the 2022 general elections, all in a desperate attempt to become the next government of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas.

Like the final scene from the movie “The Lawnmower Man”, Mr. Davis frantically leaps from situation to situation making statements which totally contradict his past action, commonsense and reason only to find each and every time that access to the realm of commonsense and logic has been denied; leaving his ‘sincere’ motives to be called into question.

“It’s time for the police to stop investigating the police – Davis” – The Tribune.

Excerpt from this article; “OPPOSITION Leader Philip “Brave Davis has said the killing of three people by police on Friday and the two competing narratives about what led to it are troubling.’

He said the time has come for police to stop investigating police-involved killings, saying the coroner ought to be engaged with their own staff to do the job.

The killing of three men in a house on Newgate Road last week has sparked intense discussion.  While police said the men were shot because they were armed and opened fire on officers, residents of the home painted a different picture of what happened.  They have alleged the deceased men did not engager officers in gunfire.

Mr. Davis told The Tribune: ‘I encountered one of the persons who was present when I appeared before a justice the other day.  They were outside the judge’s chamber awaiting some application that was scheduled to be heard and they stopped me and told me some of the things that occurred.  I don’t want to repeat it but it’s really troubling especially since young children were involved.’

‘I am distressed and concerned about killing period, and we ought to be concerned about such occurrences, particularly when it’s at the hands  of trained officers who are supposed to apprehend and take people into custody using reasonable force short of taking lives.  That’s not to say that if their lives they wouldn’t be justified in taking lives.  But it’s always troubling when you have different versions of what occurred and its left to which side one will believe.  Do you believe the police or do you believe the other version?  It really doesn’t auger well for what I call the weakening confidence that certain communities are having and reposing in police officers and the whole sort of enforcement policies that are presently being engaged by police in supposedly detecting crime and finding the culprits of crime.”

While Mr. Davis seeks to condemn the police for actions taken, he also says that he agrees with these actions taken, as he attempts to straddle a fence that he should have mended when he was deputy prime minister;  if it were of such great concern to him and that is the issue of police policing police. 

It is quite apparent that the leader of the opposition is open to propaganda and speculation, as he calls the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) actions into question by not only suggesting that they may have done something illegal but yet also speculating that they would seek to ‘cover’ for one another and I only ask on what grounds does he make such intimations; on hearsay?

Be mindful of the fact that I make no excuse for the abuse of power or authority by anyone in law enforcement, especially if it leads to someone losing their life unnecessarily but where was Mr. Davis’ concern when young men were dying ‘mysteriously’ in police holding cells?  For reasons such as this and his sensationlization of the killing of the RBDF marine at government house; his concerns are very concerning in my opinion because they do not ring true and instead of sounding sincere, Mr. Davis seems to be quite willing to ride the pain of others to advance his political agenda.

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One day while a member of Rights Bahamas stood before an international body making the case as to why The Bahamas has become the worst place for persons of Haitian descent to reside and work, the next day a member of the very same organization would stand before same said body and make a case as to why they [Haitian migrants] should be allowed to live and work here, even if their status were ‘illegal migrant’.

“Let them work – Rights group calls on govt. to not detain undocumented migrants” – The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article; “Local human rights activist Fred Smith, QC, said the government should not detain undocumented migrants but instead allow them to work.

‘Denetion ought not to apply to immigrants,’ Smith said during a hearing on the treatment of migrants in The Bahamas which took place on Friday at the 172^nd session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Kingston, Jamaica.

‘So the reality is, just as the government for hundred of Cubans years ago bailed them out and allowed they to go into the community on condition that other members of the community would return them, many Haitians migrants or those waiting documentation can live and be constructive and productive members of the society instead of it costing the government hundreds of millions of dollars, as you say, to keep them in an illegal detention center.

‘Let them out and let them work in the community.”

The short answer is, NO!

It is interesting the manner in which Fred Smith QC and others chose to paint The Bahamas at this Commission on Human Rights; “……many Haitians migrants or those waiting for documentation….”; this implies to this commission and others listening that The Bahamas has routinely, systematically and without just cause detained and denied persons who have applications before the immigration department the right to live and work here, even as their ‘papers’ were bring processed; this within itself is a blatant untruth.

What it appears that Fred Smith, QC is requesting is for The Bahamas, as a nation, set aside its immigration laws and abandon its constitution to accommodate those who wish to spit in the face of our sovereignty by violating our immigration laws and constitution.

He then  goes on to reference a time when the ‘”….the government for hundreds of Cubans years ago bailed them out and allowed them to go into the community on condition that other members of the community would return them”, but he never states a specific date of circumstance surrounding this situation making the entire reference extremely disingenuous.  First of all I would like for him to tell us exactly what was years ago and remind him that TODAY; we send all illegal migrants to their country of birth or mothers birth be they Jamaican, American, Nigerian, Cuban, Dominican and yes even Haitians, there is no discrimination as is being suggested here.

Fred Smith QC and his cohorts seem to be attempting to force The Bahamas into giving them what they want but we cannot throw away our laws and constitution to accommodate a few who have not seen fit to adhere to our laws and constitution in the first place. 

So, the short answer is no, we cannot accommodate and condone new citizens who seem to want to achieve the rights to Bahamian citizenship through illegal means and tell the international community that I said that.

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“Women leaders don’t row, they speak for the people, which I will continue to do – morning, noon and night until my last breath.”

Glenys Hanna-Martin- Progressive Liberal Party member of parliament for Englerston.

But this is what Ms. Hanna-Martin has turned this into a political row and as for speaking for the people, I will address that later.

“Hanna-Martin: Minnis is the lousiest PM in history” – The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article; “Englerston MP Glenys Hanna-Martin yesterday lambasted  Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis As the ‘lousiest prime minister in Bahamian history’, claiming that he is ‘exposing his rank misogyny’ in recent comments made against her.

Hanna-Martian’s comments came days after Minnis said the Englerston MP is ‘plenty talk and no action’ and spends ‘all her time in the House [of Assembly] rowing morning, noon and night.”

Now as for “Minnis being the lousiest PM in history”, this is a subject to be debated for a day in the future for several reasons.

First, Prime Minister Minnis is only two years into his first five year term as prime minister and because of the awful stench left in the wake of the administration of Prime Minister Perry Christie, after two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, a benchmark has been set in this regard which I think will take A LOT to surpass.  It would appear that Ms. Hanna-Martian was asleep during this entire ordeal.

Hanna-Martian’s statement must be seen for exactly what it is, a personal clap back to distract from her lack of performance as the elected Member of Parliament for the Englerston constituency; a disastrous representation which she feels comfortable in defending as her political legacy – a legacy of under representation of this constituency for over twenty (20) years.

As Ms. Hanna-Martian speaks to the misogyny of Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis, she should address the misogyny of her own party leaders which make it seem even inconceivable for her to even launch a bid for the leadership position.

This all brings me to this salient point; how does she feel comfortable calling someone a ‘woman hater’ just because they are male and have criticized her shortcoming as an elected official?  Is the fact that she is a woman man that she should not be criticized, because if this is the point of her rant, she must see that this very notion is utter nonsense because it would suggest that she, herself as a woman, does not believe that there has been significant strides made in the fight for equal rights for woman in The Bahamas.

 

 

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