When a person or group of persons are exposed for alleged wrong-doing; for something that they have gotten away with for quite some time, they often take a strong defensive stance.  They would attempt belittle or intimidate through insults those that are exposing them – this is one of the traits of a bully.

Today, this is what we seem to be facing with the governing New Day Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) government, as they attempt to contort the events that occurred in the House of Assembly last week into some dark and criminal event to suit their version of reality; but if there is one thing that we have learned about the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), especially this New day version, there is truth and there is PLP truth and the two DO NOT assimilate.

“Pintard: PM painting a false picture over House chaos” – The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article;

“Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Michael Pintard said it is “shameful” that Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis is seeking to paint a false picture about the opposition’s actions in the House of Assembly last week, saying video evidence proves they were not violent.

While speaking at a Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) event in St. Barnabas on Friday, Davis repeated claims that the FNM hatched a plan for the party’s deputy leader, Shanendon Cartwright, to hurl the speaker’s mace out of the House of Assembly’s window.

Davis called the FNM’s leadership “unhinged” and said its members were “violent,” noting that Deputy Speaker Sylvanus Petty and the House of Assembly’s sergeant at arms were injured during the ensuing mayhem.

During an interview with The Nassau Guardian on Sunday, Pintard denied that Cartwright’s actions were a premeditated event.

He said the FNM is deeply ashamed of the behavior of the prime minister and the speaker in the version of the story they told on the incident.

“Both of them sought to sensationalize the events in terms of casting blame on the opposition as if we … were responsible for injuries that they sought to raise concerning the deputy speaker and the sergeant at arms, both of whom we enjoy a cordial, civil relationship with,” Pintard said.”

The Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) as a party and a government is at this very moment attempting to have the Hon. Michael Pintard, the Leader of the Free National Movement (FNM) apologize to the country for the “embarrassing” events of 4^th of December 2024, where in an act of frustration at the blatant disrespect to the Opposition of the people of the country, the governing PLP attempted to stifle democracy and shut down the Opposition in the House of Assembly as they tended to the people’s business.

It now appears that the governing party along with it surrogates are suggesting that the Opposition always had the option of simply walking out and turning their backs on the people’s business and acquiescing to the bully tactics of the New days PLP government; what purpose would that have served?

Whose agenda would that have served?

Now these questions can and will be asked of the current manner in which events unfolded and my answer is that at the very least well-meaning persons would be willing to sit down have a conversation about it and the way forward; I say well-meaning person because it has become quite clear that many are not “well ‘meaning” individuals and would rather criticize the events than lift the country up from the events that fomented them; this is how a country truly progresses.

It is indeed a sad state of affairs that instead of accepting their culpability in the events of last week Wednesday, as it is clear that Speaker was very instrumental in sensationalizing the events and unfairly blaming the opposition for the injuries sustained, this New Day instead resorts to attempts to minimalize them, and thereby any future unrest to bring about democracy when the peoples voice is not being heard or simply ignored.

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

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