It would appear that the leader of the opposition, the Hon. Philip ‘Brave’ Davis, would do whatever it takes to be prime minister of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, even if it means calling his very own political history into question and putting his political future at risk.
“Opposition to move no confidence motion against PM” – The Nassau Guardian
Excerpt from this article; “Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Leader Philip Brave Davis said last night that the party’s parliamentary caucus intends to move a vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis regarding the Town Centre Mall lease agreement.
Davis was speaking at the final night of the PLP’s convention at the Malia Nassau Beach resort.
‘A prime minister with a conscience would resign,’ Davis told supporters as he addressed the Town Center Mall lease agreement matter.
‘A prime minister who cared about trust and good governance would resign. None of us holding our breath, are we?’
‘So tonight, I want to announce that I will be working with our parliamentary group on a no confidence motion that we intend to introduced in the House of Assembly at the earliest opportunity.’
‘And what we are going to do requires members of the FNM (Free National Movement) to go on the record and vote.’
‘They are going to be forced to demonstrate whether they are….on the side of the Bahamian people.”

First let me point out that not to follow opposition in this foolish exercise does not prove that you do not care about the people, ask Mr. Davis himself about this.
Mr. Davis has set out to reform and rebrand the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), trying to change the perception of the scandal-ridden party as being open, honest and democratic; despite the less than democratic convention it held just last week, which saw Mr. Davis returned as leader after the ‘recommendation’ that his position as leader not be challenged. Now Mr. Davis wishes to call into question the integrity of the members of parliament of the Free National Movement (FNM) with his no confidence motion, an idea actually pitched to him by the Democratic National Alliance (DNA), although he knows, as does everyone, that this motion is dead on arrival. The leader of the oppositions at this time only wishes to paint all who do not support this motion as co-conspirators of sorts that are complicit in various alleged malfeasances which he [Davis] and his party supporters would like to accuse the current prime minister of.
In my opinion, this would be a worthy strategy if it were not being put forth by a Davis led opposition.
First, just let me to say that the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) cannot rebrand itself as a “new”, “democratic” and scandal free political organization with Philip ‘Brave’ Davis as leader, as he himself has to many questions to answer to even think about asking others questions.
He still needs to address the issue of the fire at BAMSI, where a case of the total lack of accountability led to the destruction of one of the government buildings and the subsequent revelation that the building did not have insurance; a requirement of any contractor even before they take control of the site; who was watching the gate?
Mr. Davis promised that ‘heads would roll’ because of this oversight and to date there has been no one held accountable and questions still linger even after much money was paid out.
The $6.5m contract for a new causeway at the Fishing Hole Road. A project that began under the former administration but completed under this government, which they claimed had been completed. There is the question, if it was completed under this government, where did that money go from original contract signed under the previous administration?
A capital project that passed though the minister’s office.
Then we have the Potter’s Cay development whose cost ran from $3.1m to $12m, without explanation and without being completed, another capital project with passed across the ministers desk.
I could go on but I think we all get the idea but just let me say that a person wishing to be prime minister would clear up these matters that cloud his image and the public perception of him.
The member of parliament for Cat Island, Rum Cay and San Salvador, wishes to call others to account but has shown that he is not willing to follow suit.
The leader of the opposition is showing that he wishes to be prime minister [KING] by holding others to account to standards which he himself is not willing to adhere to.

The member of parliament for Cat Island, San Salvador and Rum Cay will never be prime minister [KING] at this rate.

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