“Dame Joan blasts Ellis and Gomez – Former judge says bishops’ comments on Gibson divisive” – The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article; “Former Court of Appeal President Dame Joan Sawyer yesterday accused Retired Anglican Archbishop Drexel Gomez and Senior Pastor of Mount Tabor Baptist Church Bishop Neil Ellis of seeking to divide The Bahamas.

She charged that the two clergymen are not qualified to speak on judicial matters and should ‘shut up and stay within their bounds.’ Gomez and Ellis have said they believe former Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Cabinet Minister Shane Gibson was treated ‘inhumanely’ when he was escorted into court last week to face bribery and extortion charges.”

I must admit that I cannot totally agree with Dame Joan Sawyer because to tell someone to ‘shut up  and stay within their bounds’ would preclude many of us from expressing an opinion on subjects that are not in the realms of our expertise and would make all of the contributions by “My Morning Paper” null and void; indeed we all have opinions and sometimes they are on subjects that are out of our bounds but we should feel free, none-the-less, to express these opinions but there is a reason to be concerned about the manner in which these two ‘men of the cloth’ have seemed to have by some miracle found their voices as they go on to claim that former Cabinet Minister Shane Gibson was unfairly treated; Ellis going as far as to claiming that it ‘pained him to watch the video of Gibson hopping up the court steps.”

While he may suggest that ‘there was no need for the police to handcuff the former minister, as he was no flight risk and contributed greatly to the country’, and he may be right; I would ask where was his voice [Bishop Neil Ellis] and the voice of retired Archbishop Drexel Gomez in instances when other non-violent offenders were brought to the court handcuffed, shackled with clear signs of physical abuse, which did not occur in this case as Shane Gibson had injured his foot in a boating accident. Why not speak to these cases also and ask questions of why some young men, after being arrested, were leaving their cells in body bags.

While I do not fully endorse the sentiments of Dame Joan Sawyer, I can understand her frustration as these two top clergymen seemed to have ‘picked their battle’ carefully here when coming out in support of Shane Gibson, seemingly solely based on the fact of who he is and what he has contributed to the country and not based on that fact that he is a fellow human being and fellow citizen of The Bahamas.

I would consider the bishop’s comments divisive not only because it would appear that he has chosen to defend, rather fervently, a political figure but that as a member of the clergy he has not sought to defend all of the other alleged acts of ‘inhumane’ treatment by the police against the ‘average’ citizen, thereby creating a class system – does this mean that one life is more valuable than the other even in the eyes of the clergy?

So by this standard the bishops’ comment can be considered divisive and maybe since his comments tend to do more harm than good, on this basis he should “shut up”.

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I do not know who is advising the interim leader of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), the Hon. Philip ‘Brave’ Davis, but what I do know is that this person needs to be fired and if Mr. Davis is coming up with these ideas on his own or reaching these conclusions all by himself, the PLP is getting a good glimpse of what he would be like as leader of the party and the citizens of The Bahamas is getting a good idea of what he would be like as prime minister.

Mr. Davis’ thought process is questionable at best and indeed very frightening and should be of concern to all, as it would appear that we are the only country in the world, by Mr. Davis’ intimations, which seeks to hold elected officials accountable for wrong-doing but are we really?

“Davis: Arrests damaging Bahamas’ reputation” – The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article; “Opposition Leader Philip Brave Davis said yesterday that while the arrests and subsequent arraignments of three former Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) parliamentarians have hurt the party those arrests will do even more damage to the county’s international image.

‘We are hearing it already,’ Davis told the media.

‘We are getting calls not just from across the country but from around the Caribbean about how these are being played out in the general public, particularly [from] the investment community.”

It is indeed odd that as other countries seek to implement anti-corruption laws/legislation or attempt to enforce them, the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) is attempting to suggest that there are some foreign investors that would now shy away from doing business with The Bahamas because the country has introduced anti-corruption measures and is making an attempt to enforce them – my question is, are these people that we should be doing business with in the first place?

“Public corruption is endemic at the highest levels of government in many nations.  Such ‘grand corruption’ is costly, is closely correlated with the most serious abuses of human right, and threatens the stability of many nations and the world.  Grand corruption depends on a culture of impunity that exists because of the unwillingness of leaders to permit the honest and able investigation of their friends, families and indeed, themselves.

International efforts to combat grand corruption have been inadequate and ineffective.  Similar circumstances concerning genocide and other egregious abuses of human rights led to the creation of the International Criminal Court (“ICC”) in 2002.

An International Anti-Corruption Court (“IACC”), similar to the ICC or as part of it, should now be established to provide a forum for the criminal enforcement of the laws prohibiting grand corruption that exist in virtually every country, and the undertaking that are requirements of various treaties and international organizations.” [Excerpt from “The Case for an International Anticorruption Court” – Judge Mark Wolf; July 23, 2014]

So indeed, there seems to be an attempt worldwide to being acts of corruption under control, even having the consideration of an International Anti-Corruption court being set up, so for Mr. Davis to suggest that the international community is becoming concerned over the recent arrests and arraignments of certain members of the former Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) government is disingenuous at best and I would have to ask Mr. Davis to provide evidence of these, otherwise his word cannot be taken at ‘face value’,

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

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The Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) has had enough.
They have has enough of their former parliamentarians being charged and brought before the courts to account for allegations of misconduct and abuse of office, this must stop.

“PLP to ‘soon’ demonstrate” – Davis appalled by treatment of Shane Gibson” – The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article; “Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Interim Leader Philip Brave Davis said yesterday that he is ‘appalled and outraged’ that former PLP Cabinet Minister Shane Gibson, who had injured his foot, was ‘dragged’ into court ‘hobbling’ and said PLP’s will soon be called upon to demonstrate over such inhumane acts.’

‘I am appalled and outraged at the way Shane Gibson, my former colleague, was dealt with by the police today (Thursday),’ the opposition leader said in a statement.

It is interesting that as we celebrate another Emancipation Day, we have the Progressive Liberal Party accusing ’someone’ of ‘slave shaming’ former PLP ministers.

The Progressive Liberal Party has yet again declared ‘war’ on the legal system by questioning simple and straight forward principles of investigations by the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF).  Apparently it has become illegal or improper to investigate wrong doing by public figures and through these investigations to attempt to bring them to account for any allegations of wrong doing.

They seek to throw the entire system into array as they set out to challenge certain constitutionality’s  that have been the corner stone of some of the most sound and fundamental laws, if you are accused of wrong-dong and an investigation provides sufficient evidence to bring you in for questioning; then the police can detain you for questioning and charges can be bought against you for same said wrong doing; simply put you cannot question such fundamental principles because to do so would be to have the country choose between what is right and in the best interest of the country and what continues to make the Progressive Liberal Party look good because at this time with the manner in which this party has been ran, especially during the last administration, both cannot co-exist.

No, what is in the best interest of the country; having persons account for wrong doing and allowing the PLP appear as a corrupt free organization; we cannot allow both because you just cannot have it both ways 

And it must be made clear at this point that the police nor anyone else is making the Progressive Liberal Party seem corrupt as a political organization, but rather it is the organizations very own members through the allegations of wrong doing and their previous and current attempts to cover them up and have them hidden from the people which has created the perception of a corrupt organization.

It is amazing in the recent statement that the opposition leader has actually blamed the police for these ‘inhumane acts’ and not the leader of the Free National Movement, the Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis, but as he goes on to claim to be ‘appalled and outraged’ at the way his former Cabinet colleague was dealt with by the police, I am sure that he will speak up and voice his ‘outrage’ for the other persons who have been ‘dragged to court hobbling’ or more importantly for the ones that never made it to court, only to be found dead in their cells.

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

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It seems that Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Senator Fred Mitchell, through sheer arrogance, has come to the belief that he can fly, although many have warned him that he cannot.  One can only stand in utter amazement at the resentment that this childish, petulant and selfish man has displayed since being removed from office in May of this year.  It is indeed shameless or shameful, whichever way you wish to view it.

“Mithcell warns of tit-for-tat response to PLP arrests” – The Tribune

Excerpt from this article; “IF the Free National Movement loses the next general election, National Security Minister Marvin Dames ‘will understand what tit-for-tat mean,’ Senator Fred Mitchell has said, adding the governing party is ‘slave shaming’ the opposition Progressive Liberal Party by charging former PLP politicians in court.

Mr. Mitchell insisted the FNM is ‘setting a dangerous precedent’ in how it is now handling the political affairs of the country.

He suggested the governing party has ‘turned on its opponents and is attempting to use the state to imprison, bad mouth and create a bad image of them across the country.”

This from a man that attempted to use his parliamentary privilege to read the private emails of private citizens in The House of Assembly; he has gone mad.

It is clear that Senator Mitchell is about to jump in this attempt to fly as he rants on “Poor Marvin Dames who is the minister of national security and appears to conducting this witch hunt against the PLP from his office in Nassau went to the papers a couple of weeks ago and said he didn’t understand the notion of tit-for-tat,’ Mr. Mitchell said to the small group of supporters gathered Wednesday night in Bailey Town, Bimini during a PLP branch meeting.

‘He says because this is not tit-for-tat.  The police are actually doing their investigations and he does not understand it.”

Of course, no one understands the madness that Senator Mitchell is displaying at this time other than to realize that he has made this completely political and extremely personal.  Marvin Dames is correct, the police force has finally been given the authority to investigate any wrong doing by political figures through the formation of the Anti Corruption Unit (ACU), for Mr. Mitchell to suggest that what is going on here is political or personal is actually a dangerous precedent, as it would seek to suggest that for the police to carry out there jobs against these man, as they have done, is wrong because they are above the law.

At this point, for Senator Mitchell to suggest that this is anything more than the police doing their jobs and ‘the chips falling where they may’ is a very dangerous and reckless suggestion.  What is a truly dangerous precedent is the senator’s statement of “Well I tell you what.  I bet you (certain PLP politician’s) children understand what tit-for-tat means.  And when they lose in five years, I think Marvin Dames will understand what tit-for-tat means because if this now is the precedent for how to conduct political affairs of The Bahamas you are setting a dangerous precedent”

Seriously, the fight against corruption has become a ‘dangerous precedent’ which has been set and not the vile threats that the senator has laid out here, likening politics in The Bahamas now to a drug war between two warring cartels in Mexico?

What has actually been set are a set of standard for political figures to abide by and adhere to; a set of standards, that always existed actually, to protect the both politicians and the average citizen but not in Senator Mitchells extremely jaundiced view as he states; “…it means now every little faux pas and every exercise of judgment and every little management issue you’re involved in suddenly becomes criminal…”, now who is preaching ‘gloom and doom’?  Of course this is not so and is just a extremely biased position being taken by the senator to justify his claims of the PLP being under attack.

The Progressive Liberal Party continues to fail, because it is their nature.

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This morning Candia Dames writes in The National Review of as “Aborted Apology” by the Leader of the Leader of the Opposition, the Hon. Philip ‘Brave’ Davis’ but I have two questions; one, was there meant to be an apology and two does the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) feel that they have anything to apologize to the people of The Bahamas for?

“PM: PLP owes nation an apology – Minnis calls for cooperation from opposition” – The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article; “Dr. Hubert Minnis said yesterday that Opposition Leader Philip Brave Davis’ acknowledgment that the Christie administration made mistakes and lost the trust of the people, should have been followed by an apology.

In a national address on Monday night, Davis said the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) recognizes it made mistakes during its last term in office, which resulted in the Bahamian people sending a ‘powerful message for change’.

‘I had listened tentatively and of you make mistakes. And you know you made mistakes, I was listening for the apology,’ said Minnis, following a visit at Albany.

‘There was no such apology.’

Davis assured the PLP has reflected on and embraced this message with ‘humility’ and determination.’

He also acknowledged that the PLP lost the trust of the Bahamian people’ on too many fronts’.

However, Davis said there is still support for the PLP’s ideology, and recognition that the party has brought about transformational change in the Bahamas.”

It seems that whenever lost the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) resorts to its record to save them but what they must realize is that while many and most do recognize and support the ideology of the Progressive Liberal Party, many and most also have come to realize that the PLP has wandered far way from these ideologies that once made it a party that is able to bring about “transformational change”, this is why they continue to fail.

Prime Minister, the Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis, calls for cooperation from the Progressive Liberal Party, this is excepted but at this time the opposition which cannot even seem to muster the humility to apologize to the people of the country, even the Rt. Hon. Hubert Ingraham has the courage and humility to do this, seem to be on another ‘mission’ which is to win the next general election at all cost.

They [the Opposition] must realize that they do not only need to apologize for the ‘mistakes’ that they have made during their time in office but for what they continue to do as the opposition; as they set out to divide the electorate in what can only been seen as a sad and desperate effort to reach out to those that they feel had ‘deserted’ them during the last election.

 The Progressive Liberal Party in still in campaign mode and therefore has no desire to cooperate or feel sorry because as Senator Fred Mitchell put if shortly after the general election; “. . . Politics is not a crying game. It is a competition for power. Power is the only fact. They have it, we want it and need it to govern and protect the poor in this country. The rich are now in charge. Eileen Carron, Louis Bacon. Fred Smith, Sarkis Izmirlian. That is the fight now against rich and powerful monied interests,” Mr. Mitchell noted, also thanking those who voted for him in Fox Hill.

The Progressive Liberal Party continues to fail, because it is their nature.

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In a national address to the national last night, Philip ‘Brave’ Davis, Leader of the Opposition proves that we are no longer dealing with persons that are sane and slip into insanity from time to time but rather a group of persons that are truly mad and occasionally slip into sanity, not to stay for any substantive period of time, last night was not a time of sanity.

They, the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) now seek to convince the people of The Bahamas that suddenly they have the answers, again, to the move the country forward, as Mr. Davis suggests to Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis and the Free National Movement (FNM) that “much of the groundwork has been laid out already” by the PLP to make the country successful.  I say ‘suddenly’ because during their entire tenure they continued to display a lack of vision for the country and the nation continued to fail, but only now do they claim to have a plan; utter madness.

“Davis owns up to PLP failures – ‘Serious errors lost trust’ – but he still lashes out at PM” – The Tribune

Excerpt from this article; “PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party interim Leader Philip “Brave’ Davis admitted yesterday the former government made ‘serious’ mistakes and lost the ‘trust’ of Bahamians, but offered no outright apology for the missteps of the previous Christie administration.

Instead he south to justify the former governing party’s actions saying that during its last term in office the Christie administration was always thinking of the people affected by its polices.

Despite conceding mistakes, Mr. Davis also castigated Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis saying his national address least week left the Official Opposition ‘perplexed’ and offered no vision, concrete policies or credible plans for taking the country forward.”

As one sat and listened to Mr. Davis three months into a new Free National Movement administration/government which he set out to criticize for not fixing what Mr. Davis admitted that he and his Progressive Liberal Party administration ‘messed’ up in the first place, as he admitted to making “serious errors”; one would never fathom that he was actually a part of the government that brought the country to its tipping point. It was as if he were preserving a corner of his fantasy world, in which he and his party was never wrong but if indisputable reality disagreed with their delusion, then indisputable reality must be wrong.

For Opposition Leader Davis to now condemn the present administration for not moving the country forward significantly in the past three months, when he and his administration struggled to keep their heads above water, taking us down with them over a five year period and expecting for the Bahamian people to trust a word that he says after his tenure in office as Deputy Prime Minister, is as natural as him going to the top of the water tower and jumping off in beliefs that as leader of the Progressive Liberal Party now he is invincible and can fly and has accomplished something as Deputy Prime Minister, you have not and you did not, as you console yourself in the thought of [the] “PLP is still a powerful force for good.”

Yes, Mr. Davis, your party have made some “serious errors’ when it was the government, one of which was to believe that the average Bahamian was foolish enough to still follow you blindly; they are not.

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This past week had Philip ‘Brave’ Davis, Leader of the Opposition Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) ‘advise’ Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis that on his path to revenge that he should dig two graves; the irony of this statement is not only is the prime minister not on a path of revenge but the statement was made while Mr. Davis issued a subtle threat of vengeance to the prime minister of what his government would do when if they were to win the next general election. One would only assume that Mr. Davis was busy ‘digging graves’ at the time that he penned this letter to the prime minister.
He really must have, because it seems as if Senator Fred Mitchell, unaware of the ‘graves being dug’ – as usual, fell into one. In response to Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis’ address to the nation this past Wednesday, Senator Mitchell comments, “What concerned me about the speech is why do they keep talking down the economy?, Mitchell asked.
This is a rich country. This is not a poor country.
But everything that comes out of their mouth is woe is me…..doom and gloom.”
The irony of is that as the senator calls the country a rich country, he fails to address the economic path that the country has been on during the past administration with high unemployment, a growing national debt, a rising fiscal deficit and four economic downgrades with the possibility on the horizon of another, but I will agree that the country is a rich one but as I admit this I would also need the senator to concede that his government mismanaged the finances of the country and put it in a very precarious position.
When Senator Mitchell says; “So every investor who is looking at will say ‘Oh, my God, we can’t go to The Bahamas, things are terrible there. It’s falling apart.
The government said it is not going to happen and so on and so forth.”
Of course, when Senator Mitchell says that investors will say; “The government said it is not going to happen”, he is being very liberal in his interpretation of what is really being said, where he borders on deception but what is more worrisome about the senator’s comments is the assumptions that he makes of others. Senator Mitchell seems to make the assumption that any investor is too inept, lazy and incompetent to do the necessary research to find out the true economic state of The Bahamas; which would be in my opinion akin to the government of Greece deciding to not tell the international community the moment they went bankrupt and carry on as business as usual hoping no one notice; this approach is not only dangerous and reckless , it is plain stupid.

What Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis has actually done is lay out how things really are, openness and transparency, and begin to lay out a play to fix the problem, with the first step being a 10 percent cut in ALL government expenditure.

My Morning Paper had found that Senator Mitchell has the propensity to act as if he is the smartest person in the room, which may be the case in the Progressive Liberal Party headquarters but not nationally, and therefore treat all others as if they are beneath him intellectually, when in all actuality his ‘intelligence’ has proven to not be that much above ‘normal’; my advice to the the senator; re-evaluate the light in which you tend to see others and therefore treat others; especially those that oppose you as your day of reckoning cometh quickly.

Now while all this is going on Attorney Wayne Munroe has promised to compile a list of alleged questionable conduct by members if the Free National Movement which he promises to present to the new Anti-Corruption Unit of the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) to ‘see what happens’ and now we have the announcement of a national address by the Leader of the Opposition Progressive Party (PLP)  this Monday.  It will be interested to hear what he has to say because it seems that he and his party had little to nothing to say to the public during their 2012-2017 period of governance, now it seems that every time that they see a microphone and camera they get like a kid in a candy store with advise and criticism.

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I waited the official response from the opposition Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) and finally got it and they did not disappoint, as the Leader of the Opposition Philip ‘Brave’ Davis seeming to have lost all connection with reality, displayed his and his party’s grand sense of delusion.

“Austerity could trigger recession’ – ‘PLP cautions govt. after PM’s address” – The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article; “Insisting that the first national address by Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis shows the government has no economic growth plan for the country, Opposition Leader Philip ‘Brave’ Davis charged yesterday that  the absence of such a plan with austerity measures announced by Minnis ‘will trigger a double-dip recession.’

During his address, televised on Wednesday night, Minnis announced the government will cut the expenditure of its various ministries by 10 percent, institute a hiring freeze and not renew contracts for emoluments that exceed $100,000 a year.

Minnis also announced that the government will reduce the number of government-owned vehicles and appoint a special committee to advise on state-owned enterprises, with a view to reducing the burden on public finances.

In a statement to the press, Davis said the address underscored that ‘the FNM has no vision, no plan and no ideas for the future and sustained growth and development into a united, resilient and strong Bahamas.”

This statement by Mr. Davis is indeed a very troubling one, as he wishes to accuse the Free National Movement of not having any ideas to move the country forward, economically, while his governing Progressive Liberal Party, from 2007 to 2012, move the country downward, producing four economic downgrades in their five year reign and left many to question to this day where has all the money gone that was borrowed during their stay in power; it is clear that the Mr. Philip ‘Brave’ Dais and the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) have no clue on how to handle the economy.  They had no clue for five years on how to cut government spending; they had no clue on economic stimulation and indeed no clue on job creation and I dare say that IF the Progressive Liberal Party had actually produced the 10,000 jobs as promised that that they claimed to have produced, then the country may not be at this point.

One point which Mr. Davis refuses to address is the simple economic fact that you cannot tax a nation into to prosperity, yet during very ‘dark’ economic times and without the necessary cutbacks his government introduced Value-Added Tax (VAT), they then went on to claim that VAT was exceeding all expectations but yet were unable to give the country a plausible accounting as to where this money was going, as our nation’s national debt and deficit continued to rise to dangerous levels.

It is clear that in his zeal to criticize Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis and the Free National Movement (FNM), that Mr. Davis missed some key points of the prime ministers national address; the first being the necessary cutbacks which will not only reduce our need to borrow but also make the country look more appealing and stable to investors, along with these cost cutting measures was the commitment to aggressively address crime; which also  has been affecting the country’s image to the world.

Mr. Davis instead deflects from these key and salient issues by asserting’ “Further, how will Bahamians, ordinarily absorbed into the public service be otherwise employed?”  Here, Mr. Davis clearly articulates that his government’s job creation plan was the public sector and this is not realistic, the county cannot afford an over bloated public sector.

Yes, there is a need for job creation but it cannot be the public sector and one wonders what happened to the job creating initiatives that brought about companies such as Bahamas Stripping?  Mr. Davis is being very dishonest with the people of the Bahamas to suggest that the present government does not have a plan to move the country forward and to suggest that the present cost cutting measures MAY lead to a recession when he and his government in five years did very little to improve the country’s economic status and to stimulate the job market or even to try to make the country look appealing to the outside investor.

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

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“Minnister of Pain – PM swings axe to turn around economy’ – The Tribune

Excerpt from this article’ “MAKING good on his promise to slash government spending in an effort t balance the country’s books, Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis last night announced a variety of conservative measures, including  ten percent cut in spending in all government ministries and no new public sector hiring.

In his first televised national address as the nation’s leader, Prime Minister Minnis also said there will be no renewal of contracts for salaries which exceed $100,000 per year.  He said he will ensure his ministers ‘adhere to their budget and to financial constraints.’

He also announced a reduction in government vehicle as a part of a ‘new era of financial discipline.’

Dr. Minnis aid because of the ‘reckless and massive waste by the former administration,’ his government ‘must get out financial house in order.”

Listening to the talk in the market, literally, this morning, I heard one person claim that the hiring freeze is just another form of victimization, while another claim that ‘yes it is the peoples time, time for pain’, obviously a clear reference to The Tribunes headline but the question is just how many people agree with these cost cutting measures and/or even understand exactly what is being proposed.

I know a lot that work in the private sector are quite familiar with what is being proposed, as they are know all too well of the possibility of being laid off if the company finances were to take a turn for a worst and efforts were being made to turn things around and why should the government be any different?

I will admit that I am happy that it is not me that had to do what is clearly necessary to help the country’s economy but never the less; most of what has been proposed is desperately needed by the country and for anyone to say otherwise of for that person to be disingenuous to the persons that they are addressing.

The challenge for the Minnis administration at this time is to actually mean what they say and go about they work, no matter how unpopular the decisions may seem to some.  As they implement these drastic cost cutting measures; they must bring other programs online IMMEDIATELY to stimulate the economy through job creation, as the previous administration promised but was unable to deliver on.

The time for talk has long ended and it is indeed time for action; to show what you are made of, even if you ‘die’ trying to do it.

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“Minnis won’t meet with Davis – PM dismisses political payback” ” – The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article; “Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis said yesterday that he has nothing to hide and dismissed Opposition Leader Philip Brave Davis’ promise of political retribution over the recent arrests of former Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) parliamentarians.

‘Whoever does wrong will be dealt with, be they PLP, be they FNM’ Minnis told reporters following a tour of the Atlantis Paradise Resort.

‘Once they have done wrong, the law will take its course.  Let the chips fall where they may.  If he has facts then give it to the police.  Don’t tell me about it.  Don’t tell it to the press.  Give it to the police.

As for concerns of whether he may face ‘PLP revenge’, Minnis said, ‘My life is an open book.  I have nothing to hide.  My life is an open book.’

‘My only worry today is that yesterday was my anniversary and I forgot.’

This is Prime Minister Hubert Minnis’ response to a letter sent to him by Leader of the Opposition Philip Brave Davis, which flips back and forth between “I would be the first to agree that where there is a reasonable – I repeat a reasonable suspicion of criminal misconduct, it should be thoroughly and rigorously investigated, including taking into account, however, explanations that may reveal that that was originally suspected to be criminal is in fact, nothing of the sort.”

So is Mr. Davis then seeking to intimate that the charges against the former members of parliament are unjustly brought and thereby unreasonable and are due to such an ‘abuse of power’, thereby promising retribution if and/or when the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) regains control of the government.

First I would like to humbly suggest that the only way to determine if it is ‘nothing of the sort’ would be through a rigorous and thorough investigation and I ask, is that not what is going on at this point?  I get the feeling that Mr. Davis, although claiming to seek justice is wishing to ‘save face’ and appeal to his base by attempting to champion the cause of his comrades and is doing so by playing it out in the media and by suggesting that Prime Minister Hubert Minnis is personally responsible for their arrest but as the prime minister advises Mr. Davis; “Don’t tell me about it.  Don’t tell it to the press.  Give it to the police.”

At the end of the day when all is said and done, what really matters and is of the utmost importance is allowing the investigations to continue by the police ; so as to allow the ‘chips to fall where they may’.  As for the ‘threat’ by Philip ‘Brave’ Davis, calling it what it is,  it would appear that the prime minister’s concerns about that is quite minimal, as it should be, as his only regrets from yesterday is forgetting his wedding anniversary as it should be when you consider the message of the Leader of the Opposition.

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