While Grand Bahama was too concerned with aliens’ landings it would appear that the leader of the opposition Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), the “Hon.” Philip ‘Brave’ Davis, was busy opposing for opposing sake, even if it meant at the lives of Bahamian citizens.

 This is exactly what I have been telling you that the leader of the opposition has been doing throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.   He now seeks to convince us that the recent rise in the COVID-19 cases concerns him but why should anyone believe a word that he has to say when his past actions contradict this very “concern”?

Let us begin here.

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“PLP Can’t Support Lockdown Extension, Says Davis” The Tribune, May 29, 2020.

Excerpt from this article; “PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Philip ‘Brave’ Davis said he cannot support the governments extension of the COVID-19 state of emergency in its current form.

Giving a contribution as the House of Assembly debated a resolution extending the state of emergency to June 29, Mr. Davis called for widespread COVID-19 testing while arguing there was no ‘clear rationale’ for continuing weekends lock downs.”

Here we have the leader of the opposition asking for the rationale behind the protocols put in place to aid in the slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus, suggesting that the lockdowns were not achieving this objective and only led to the hardship of families that were unable to pay bills and were slipping into poverty.

Here Davis was asking for the country to choose health or wealth, this could indeed be a very difficult choice but Mr. Davis approach simply made no sense in the fight to slow the spread of the virus.

Let me show you why. We have come to a point where the numbers were slowed and there is an attempt to open the country, as the leader of the opposition asked and now we still have a problem.

”Davis: I am deeply concerned about increase in COVID cases” – The Nassau Guardian.

Excerpt from this article; “Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Leader Philip Brave Davis said yesterday that he is ‘deeply concerned’ about the recent rise in COVID-19 cases in The Bahamas and what appears to be a lack of action to stem the flow.

There has been 392 new COVID-19 cases in April already, a total that has already surpassed the number of case reported in January and February, respectively.

Health officials warned of a potential third wave in parts of the country.”

I have one question for the leader of the opposition, logically what did you really expect as the country was opened up so that people could go out and earn a living?

Did you, Mr. Opposition Leader, not expect a rise as the people relaxed their guard? 

The logical thing to do would have been to encourage the people to continue to follow COVID-19 safety protocols so that the numbers did not sky-rocket, because this disease will be with us for a while – not to fake concern.

As the leader of the opposition says the “country cannot afford five more years of FNM” and as Davis urges Bahamians not to trust Minnis again”, it seems that it would be in our best interest to not trust in Davis, at all because he for a man that wants to be prime minister; he really has to at least make sense first.

The Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) fails for one reason, it is their nature.

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