“Time to end this” – The Nassau Guardian 27^th May 2020

Excerpt from this story; “With the government expected to bring to Parliament today a resolution to extend the state of public emergency put in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Progressive Liberal Party PLP) Leader Philip Brave Davis yesterday called on the Minnis administration to end lockdowns, and gave early notice that the official opposition will not support an extension.

The state of emergency allowed the prime minister as the competent authority to impose a 24-hour curfew and weekend lockdowns to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

The Nassau Guardian understands that a 14 to 30 day extension was being considered yesterday.

“I don’t know if we can support anymore of these lockdown,” Davis said.

He added, ‘It and of itself is not the answer.  That has to be accomdated by many other things and we don’t seem to have those other things to make lockdown effective.’ Davis said.

I think he Bahamian people are responsible enough that once they understand it, they will do it.  So you do not have to force them.”

Asking if he was calling for the end of the restrictions, Davis replied, ‘Yes.”

From the very moment Philip ‘Brave’ Davis utters the words, “I think” you know you are in for some painful revelations about his mental state, as he tends to suggest here; lift the restrictions, open the country and whoever dies dies – interesting.

So Philip ‘Brave’ Davis is of the fervent opinion that; “I think he Bahamian people are responsible enough that once they understand it, they will do it.  So you do not have to force them.” I think I have heard these very same sentiment expressed by the Leader of the Opposition before.

When the Emergency Orders were first implement the leader of the opposition came out and criticized them as being “an overreach” and went on to say; “……..such orders may be unnecessary as he [Davis] said the public was already complaint with recommendations made by the government in relation to the novel coronavirus.

He [Davis] said the public does not need to be ‘coerced into following directive.” This is basically the same reason why Mr. Davis is calling for the government to throw caution into the wind and open the country but we have seen and continue to see why it is absolutely necessary to enforce such directives; is Mr. Davis suggesting that if he was prime minister and faced with this situation he would simply send out a Public Service Announcement and leave it up to the citizens to comply?

Personal discretion.

 Is this considered responsible? And for those that say yes he is right, we are adults and can make the right decisions that are in our nest interest, I ask – “REALLY?”

But of course Mr. Davis just does not seem to know where to stop as he attempts to pander to the general consensus to garner support against “the big bad government” that just wants to keep its citizens locked up in your house for no reason even if it were their best interest.

He then goes into the House of Assembly, as he votes against the resolution to extend the state of public emergency and gives this as his reasoning; “In the first place the lockdowns and curfews were drastic measures depriving people of their liberty and right to earn a living..

Now, they were justified only because the government needed time to create a coherent national strategy to manage COVID-19.

Here we are months later and where is that national strategy?”

This is the point where you strain to understand the depths of ignorance coming from the mouth of one person.

Point of clarification:  Mr. Davis the lockdowns and curfews were drastic measure put in place to save Bahamian lives; seems as if you keep forgetting them.  These lockdowns and curfews were a part of an OVERALL NATIONAL STRATEGY to manage the threat of COVID-19; it is that simple. So, this whole business about the lockdowns and curfews being tools used by the government to come up with a national plan or strategy is utter nonsense and misinformation.

 But one is now left to wonder if he actually believes what he is saying and did not realize that the lockdowns and curfews were in fact a part of an overall national plan/strategy to mitigate the spread of the COVIPD-19 virus and actually save lives?

Powerfully terrifying thought….

The PLP fails for one reason; it is their nature.

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