It really must be something in the water or maybe it is the heat of it all but it would seem that some people have ‘lost it all’.

“PLP calls for public demonstrations over blackouts” – The Nassau Guardia

Excerpt from this article;”Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Fred Mitchell yesterday said he is ‘embarrassed’ by repeated power outages across New Providence and called for public demonstrations to hold the government accountable on the matter.

‘The government must as early as tomorrow in the Senate make a public statement about why they can’t keep the power on,’ he said.

He added, ‘The FNM has failed us.  It is time for demonstrations to bring this government into account.  They must answer for their falsehoods and say what is happening,’

‘It is embarrassing today in a church service with the minister responsible for electricity present and the church was plunged into darkness,”

As the Chairman and Senator of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) seems so quick to put pen to paper, it would appear that he did so without any forethought or maybe he just hopes that the Bahamian public are not just forgetful but also dumb and ignorant.

First, Mr. Mitchell would make it appear as if the vexing problem of power outages due to load shedding by BPL, formerly BEC, has only just began under this Free National Movement (FNM) administration.  This seems to be his devious way of promoting what is tantamount to a lie.  The problem of blackouts due to load shedding has been a very vexing problem spanning decades and successive governments; even the last two Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) administrations of which Mr. Mitchell was a Cabinet Minister.  Doing both terms little to nothing was done to alleviate the problem, due to this fact he should be ashamed to even address this situation but it a desperate need to remain relevant by remaining in the news it would appear that Senator Mitchell does not care about  the role that he played in actually assisting this situation deteriorate to this present point.

My other point, which Mr. Mitchell fails to address as he gets up on his soap-box and advocates for “public demonstrations”, is that even as he thinks to put out this rubbish, the situation has been addressed and action has been taken to bring about the necessary relief to the problem – #notalkbutaction.

I am not pleased with the present situation and the blackouts, as I have said it is very vexing; but I am pleased that a plausible solution is being carried out; unlike the scandal ridden efforts of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP).