“SHANE Gibson said Fred Mitchell was “out of order” for saying the pool of candidates eligible for the upcoming West Grand Bahama and Bimini by-election is limited to those the PLP considered in 2021, a restriction the party publicly reversed yesterday when the secretary general announced that qualified candidates include all members in good standing.

 “I don’t want to get into a public fight with the chairman,” Mr Gibson said, referring to a comment Mr Mitchell made in a voice note last week that public officials must know when to move on. Mr Mitchell did not name anyone in particular.

 “The chairman is 70, I’m 62,” said Mr Gibson. “The results of my ministry is clear. I built 1,500 houses in my first term in office.

 “I didn’t have a ministry where I could fly up and down all over the place and that’s my ministry. I had a ministry where I had to actually work, not where I fly, interact, have coffee and tea and drinks and cigars. My ministry is helping people and getting things done.”

Shots fired!

All of this from the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) that claims that this political organization is not in “conflict”, but it now seems that we have moved beyond this delusional state of being and we are left with “blood” at the door steps of Gambier House.

There seems to be a “war” going on within the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) over Shane Gibson putting his ‘hat in the ring’ to be the candidate for the PLP for the West Grand Bahama and Bimini seat left vacant by the untimely demise of the Hon. Obie Wilchombe.

We have seen the Chairman of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) come out and advise the public that no former members of parliament will be considered and that only new persons need apply.  Then we have seen former Prime Minister and former leader of the PLP come out and advise the current chairman that; “Gibson has a right to seek nomination”. 

Then we had Fred Mitchell ‘s comment of “Former public figures must know when to move on”, was this a “shot” at Shane Gibson for the attempt at a political comeback; at former Prime Minister Christie for defending Shane Gibson or both?  The odd thing about it all is that most of The Bahamas would recommend that Mr. Mitchell take his own advice as they feel that his time has come and gone; a long time ago

Then we have had the Prime Minister and current leader of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) come and say……has he gotten back from the Vatican yet?

Yes, there is a lot going on within the New Day government as a party as they follow their “process” in choosing a candidate for the upcoming bye-election in West Grand Bahama and Bimini, and as much as they attempt to put up a “united front”, their “casualties” of the “war’ being fought and it is all evident by the “blood on the door steps of Gambier House”

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

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One thing that you will have to admit about the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) New Day government is that they know how to throw a party; especially if they do not have to pay for it.

Today, the New Day Government will open Parliament after proroguing it back in August.

There a lot of speculation as to why they would so such a thing at such at time; my speculation at the time was that the New Day government had reached a point wherein they realized that they really had done nothing of significance to better the lives of the average Bahamian, as promised; the address from The Speech from The Throne should be quite a listen to today, so they [The New Day Government] realizing its failed promise had to attempt to reset the course of their failing government and what other way should this be done but with an expensive, unnecessary “party”?

The only problem being is that they will use our hard earned tax dollars to put forth this farce.

As the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) New Day government gets set to begin a new legislative agenda of governe; we ask what they have done over the past two years.

The New Day government points to the increased tourism numbers, to the opening of the country, to the lowering of VAT as signs of their successes and I ask if they are really serious or do they really believe that the average Bahamian is really that stupid and gullible; maybe this is what the “free” party is all about.

The simple fact that they New Day Government cannot refute is this…they have done nothing to improve the lives of the average Bahamian; as promised.  The facts will further show that the country was being opened when they won the election and they simply finished a task already implemented and ongoing.  The facts will also show the tourist number would have rebounded to this level even if the Coalition of Independents (COI) had won the election ad completed the task of opening the country.  The facts will show even as things are getter “better” the average citizen still continues to suffer and struggle even though The New day Government would have reduced the Value-Added Tax rate to ten percent (10 %), simply because they then added VAT to breadbasket items and medication, then they went on to increase the rate of electricity; having most people paying three to four times what they previously paid; so that extra fifty dollars ($50) that was added to the minimum wage went right back to them before the average person even got it. 

Then there was the increase of the basic government fees; the average person could not keep up; a lot still are trying to find ways to cope with it all but this New Day government looks to spend almost three hundred thousand($300,000) to throw a party to celebrate these “accomplishments”.

The New Day government has yet to produce and evidence that the “economic initiatives” that they implemented had a positive effect on the lives of the average working man.

It’s odd that as the New Day PLP Government sets to have this very expensive and totally unnecessary party at our expense; there is NO mention of it on the front page of any of the dailies, the main story of the Nassau Guardian being; “Govt to action shanty towns – owners will have 28 days to demolish structures”.

”Govt. to act on shantytowns – owners will have 28 days to demolish structures” – The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article; “Minister of Works Clay sweeting will begin posting notices in shanty towns, which will give the owners of these illegal structures 28 days to pull down the structures, his ministry announced yesterday.

Should the person to whom notice is govern fails to comply with the notice, the minister of works may, in compliance with the Building Regulations Act, pull down and remove the illegal structure and recover from that person the expenses reasonably incurred in doing so, the minister warned.

The ministry established the Unregulated Communities Action Task Force (UCTF) to ‘address the critical safety concerns within unregulated communities in The Bahamas.

Under the Minnis administration, a similar committee known as the Shanty Town Action Task Force was established but it works was halted by legal action taken by some shanty town residents.”

This is where things got strange, because the of the legal action against the demolition of the shanty towns was actually backed by Davis in opposition when he spoke to the illegality or the acts only to find out, after becoming prime minister that the acts taken by the Minnis and his administration were totally legal and instead of resuming the demolitions, the New Day government then waited over a year and a half – as these shantytowns once again flourished instead of simply to following the “blueprint” as laid out by the Minnis administration, as they did with the opening of the country

The New Day Davis administration has been a very odd set, having accomplished little to nothing; they seem very intent and ready to “throw a gala ball” at the drop of a ball, to celebrate this fact and all at the taxpayers’ expense.

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