“Parliament prorogued – New session begins Oct. 14 – AG says unfinished business will be brought back” – The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article; “Governor General Sir. Cornelius A. Smith acting on the advice of Prime Minister Philip Davis, prorogued Parliament on Saturday.

Commissioner of Police Clayton Fernander read the proclamation on the steps of the House of Assembly at 1 p.m. on Saturday.

The new session of parliament will begin on October 4, 2023.

There is widespread expectation and reports from government insiders that former Deputy Prime Minister Cynthia ‘Mother’ Pratt. Who has served as deputy to the governor general on numerous occasions, will soon be named governor general and will read the new speech from the throne.

The prorogation of Parliament brings an end to the current session.  This means the agenda of the House will be wiped clean.

In a statement, by the Office of The Prime Minister (OPM) said, ‘There is still so much work to be done, and in the new session of Parliament, to begin on the 4^th of October, we will prioritize legislation and policies which address the high cost of living, lift our people up, and strengthen our economy and national security.”

The first thing that I find odd about this statement is just as the Office of the Prime Minister speaks to “much works to be done’, they take a nine week break but that is no problem by their standards.

The main question that I have is why would the New Day government choose to prorogue Parliament at this particular time?

It would appear that according to the Office of The Prime Minister Parliament was prorogued for two main reasons;

1. To bring in a new Governor General and
2. To wipe the agenda of House clean, maybe hoping that persons would forgot that what was going on because as the OPM says they will now “prioritize legislation and policies which address the high cost of living, lift up our people and strengthen our economy and nation security.

With that being the case; it would appear that the New Day government is merely attempting to correct or mitigate the hardships that they themselves have contributed to.

As far as the naming of a new Governor General, there is no problem on the behalf of this writer as to the current choice, especially given all of the odd names that were speculated to have been considered. 

I say congratulations to Cynthia “Mother” Pratt, whom I most fervently believe is an excellent choice for the position of Governor General and I am sure that she would agree with me that she does not need the pomp and pageantry of the opening of Parliament to assume the role of Governor General.

At no time can the agenda of The House be “wiped clean”, this would only pertain to the business that the New Day government was conducting on behalf of the people, which they now seem to see and as time wasted and to be wasted, so therefore having no reason to continue them.

I hope that as the New Day government seeks to now prioritize the high cost of living that they will answer the question of how did their economic initiative of lowering Value-Added Tax (VAT) to ten percent (10%) but adding VAT to breadbasket items and medications positively affect the lives of the proletariat and those less fortunate?

The New Day government brags about increasing the minimum wage by fifty dollars ($50) and while the average worker is grateful, the New Day government must see that this means little to nothing with the new increased government rates and the drastically increased electricity rates.

So now I come to their point of the high cost of living due to the increased electricity rates; this within itself is pure lunacy, given the fact the New Day government has yet to explain to us in detail exactly why our bills have doubled and in some cases tripled and have shown little to NO concern toward the small business owner that is struggling to keep his doors open.

I personally see the proroguing of Parliament as a means of a New Day government that seems to hooked on “pomp and pageantry”, to attempt to use the Speech from The Throne and all the “pomp and pageantry” of such an event to rewrite history in an attempt to convince the people that that they have not actually failed them and are currently failing them.

And we do know that this New Day government knows how to throw a party, if they know nothing else.

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

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