“PLP branch wants PM to back Smith for Free Town” – The Tribune

Excerpt from this article; “The Progressive Liberal Party Montagu Branch has written to Prime Minister Perry Christie asking for a meeting with the party’s National General Council in a last ditch attempt to have Senator Frank Smith ratified as the Free Town candidate instead of Wayne Munroe.

The National General Council (NGC) is scheduled to meet tonight. Last week, sources told The Tribune that it is expected that Mr. Munroe QC will be ratified as the areas standard bearer.”

As the ‘war’ for Free Town rages on within the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP); with the National General Council (NGC) of the party backing new comer and former DNA candidate, Wayne Munroe and the Free Town (formerly Montagu) constituency association backing former member of parliament for the PLP, Frank Smith, a new ‘war’ is being laid out between the Executive branch of the government and the Judiciary.

“AG concerned at people undermining Judiciary in calling for Baha Mar detail” – The Tribune

Excerpt from this article; “Following Dame Joan Sawyer’s suggestion that there were no grounds present to seal in court the new deal to open Baha Mar, Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson said she is ‘deeply concerned’ about people ‘who know better’ undermining the integrity of the judiciary and called on right thinking people to ‘cease and desist’ these public pronouncements.

When asked to what people should expect once the deal is made public. Ms. Maynard Gibson shied away from revealing any intimate details and instead pointed to ‘revered gentlemen’ and women who have reminded her that there are detractors who try to distract those doing the work of the people.”

Who are these “revered gentlemen’ and women”?

Is the Attorney General for one moment suggesting that former Count of Appeals President Dame Joan Sawyer is a ‘detractor’ and is undermining the Judiciary?

Is the Attorney General suggesting that anyone that questions the Executive, is thereby a detractor of the Executive and should know better?

Is the Attorney General attempting to send a ‘subtle’ message/warning Dame Sawyer, as her government did to Justice Indra Charles?

Last week Dame Joan Sawyer issued a statement, which I saw as her position of the Baha Mar deal as based on the laws of The Bahamas from her years of experience.  In the statement she said; “…there is much confusion over how the judgment of a publicly heard civil case can be sealed so that no one, outside of the judge who heard the case, Mrs. Maynard-Gibson and lawyers for the parties involved, would know the contents.

She said clearly where there was no matter of defense, public safety or public order in effect to cause the decision not to be made public.”

Justice Dame Sawyer intimates that she sees no grounds present to seal in court the deal to open Baha Mar’, I totally agree with her, as I would like to point out that it was a foreign entity, in this instances, that requested that a Bahamian court do so with our courts acquiescing to their request; I ask whatever happened to us being a sovereign nation?  Remember this is one of the main reasons as to why the Attorney General’s office and the Progressive Liberal Party government was so ‘offended’ by the filing of Chapter 11 in a US court by the developer, Sarkis Izmirlian?

But as we move past the issue of the deal being sealed to protect all parties involved until the deal was completed, the question now becomes why is it still sealed?  A myriad of questions stand before the Attorney General and her government as it relates to the Baha Mar resort, the handling or mishandling of the developer filing for bankruptcy protection which forced the resort into receivership and ultimately closing it for over a year with the lost of over 1,500 jobs but yet the Attorney General now wishes to attempt to berate Justice Dame Sawyer and others for expressing their legal opinion on the matter; is the Attorney general aware that the Pindling era is over?

What is even more interesting is that all of this comes in the wake of a human rights report released last week by the United States, wherein the Bahamas government was accused of the ‘intimidation of nongovernmentmental organizations’, an accusation which Fred Mitchell, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration labeled as being ‘inaccurate’ and in some cases [having] incomplete information.”, but yet here they are once again seeming to be up to ‘it’ again

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

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“Davis responds to Hubert Minnis on Baha Mar” – The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article; “Amid growing concerns over the future of Baha Mar, its completion and its opening day, Deputy Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis, yesterday defended the stalled resort and hit out at Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis for recent comments made regarding the Christie administration’s involvement in the Cable Beach property.

‘Every day seems to bring another set of misguided statements about Baha Mar,’ Davis said.

‘Its political season and Bahamians have learned to discount the negative voices as having their own self-interested agenda.’

‘The problem for all critics is that reality has a way of catching up.’

‘Even in this era of fake news, reality matters’

‘What is real is that 650 Bahamians have already been hired by Baha Mar.”

‘What is real is that Baha Mar is opening in April.’

‘What is real is that the CTFE has increased its commitment on preopening expenses from $200 million to $250 million of which $65 million has already been spent.’

‘What is real is that Baha Mar is finally is safe hand, with a world-class operator that has succeeded with high-end properties in the Caribbean and across the globe.’

Baha Mar file for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware in June 2015.

The bankruptcy claims have since been dismissed.

In December, Prime Minister Perry Christie announced that Baha Mar was being sold to CTF BM Holdings Limited, a subsidiary of Chow Tai Fook Enterprises (CTFE) Limited.

But details surrounding the sale remains sealed in the Supreme Court at, Chrisite claimed. The behest of the China Export-Import bank, which held the note on the mortgage.

It remains unclear if the deal has been completed.

Baha Mar is set for a phased opening in April.”

I would like to educate Deputy Prime Minister Davis to the fact that most people now have a ‘healthy’ skepticism of this present government especially as it relates to the Baha Mar project and how they handled it, because each day brought a new excuse/reason as to why the opening date of the resort was being delayed, but the real issue that I have at the present time is what promoted this response from the Deputy Prime Minister?

Exactly what was responsible for his ‘what is real’ diatribe?

“During the FNM’s ratification on Tuesday night, Minnis charged than, ‘Chrisite and the PLP (Progressive Liberal Party) nearly destroyed Baha mar, which costs the country hundreds of millions and thousands of jobs’.

‘Every time the PLP touched the Baha Mar project, they created even more of a disaster.’ Minnis said”

I would like now to ask Deputy Prime Minister Philip ‘Brave’ Davis; since we are speaking to being real and all; wasn’t the conflict really between the Developer; Izmirlian and his Chinese partners?

Wasn’t this an on-going issue before the Progressive Liberal Party decided to get involved and when they did get involved, didn’t they seem to side with the Developers partners instead of attempting to remain neutral and working on an amicable solution, which would have benefitted all parties concerned, along with the entire country?

When the Developer decided to file for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware, as his partners were registered in the United States of America, exactly what prompted the Christie administration to then force the development into receivership, causing over a year in delays and job losses, other than the unfounded speculation that the developer was attempting not to pay his Bahamian unsecured creditors, something that the government has yet to prove. 

What is real to a lot of people is that the government forced the project into receivership and caused 1,500 to be laid off, as the project was closed down. 

What is real to a lot of people is the fact that the government caused the project to sit idle for over a year incurring expenses to be paid for by the average tax payer, like you and myself.

What is real is that, as the government attempts to lift up the re-opening of the Baha Mar site as a great victory, [the government] fails to admit to the fact that it was due to their incompetence that the project sat idle for years.

This is what is a reality for the average Bahamian citizen, not to speak to the tourist that had already booked rooms for when the hotel was first supposed to open at the end of 2014, but yet this government does not seem to be able to speak to their gross mishandling of this project on their behalf that has made so many people lose so much money and time in more ways than one.

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

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Sometimes all you can are able to do is sit back and listen to some of the nonsense that a person would approach you with, that they believe is logical and think to yourself what planet is this person from?

“Minnis: DNA wanted 16 seats – FNM leader makes revelation as party ratifies final five” – The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article; “Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis revealed last night that Democratic National Alliance (DNA) Leader Branville McCartney made a number of ‘extreme’ and unreasonable’ requests when the opposition parties met to a possible union to strengthen their chances of removing the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) from government.

Minnis was addressing the crowd at the FNM headquarters on Mackey Street after he was ratified for Killarney.

The party also ratified four other candidates; Former Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette for St. Anne’s; Pakesia Parker for West End and Bimini; Shanendon Cartwright for St. Barnabas and Vaughn Miller for Golden Isles.

Minnis told supporters, ‘Bran wanted 16 seats.’

‘The seats he wanted were as follows: He wanted Bamboo Town; he wanted Seabreeze; he wanted Garden Hills; he wanted Southern Shores; he wanted Marathon; he wanted Elizabeth; He wanted Pinewood; he wanted Fox Hill; he wanted Golden Gates; he wanted North and South Abaco; he wanted Marco City; he wanted Yamacraw and if there was a St. Thomas Moore, he wanted that too.’

“….You see, besides taking the best from the FNM, he wanted an agreement that if the DNA got the most seats then the DNA would decide who is prime minister and the deputy prime minister.”

Okay Mr. McCartney; would you care to have a kidney or lung with that?  I secretly believe that The Leader of the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) has lost his mind, but then that it another story for another day but today’s question is why would he approach the Free National Movement (FNM) with just a request and think that is would be seriously considered?

Since the revelation, Mr. McCartney and others from his party have come out in defense of the Leader of the DNA saying that Mr. McCartney never made such a request and that Dr. Minnis is lying but then we still have his odd relationship with Loretta Butler-Turner to show us that maybe  Mr. McCartney cannot be trusted, indeed the man is beginning to show his true colors.

There are very few people, probably only Democratic National Alliance supporters that actually believe him [Branville McCartney] when he says that he and Ms. Butler-Turner had no sort of arrangement of any sort in terms of a coalition of sorts when she made him leader of opposition business in the Senate, no matter how unstable you may think that she is but yet he would like for us to believe this and now he comes back after being exposed in this latest escapade to say that the Leader of the Free National Movement is a lair.

Far be it from me to call anyone a lair…but……..

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While the country seems to be burn, the Prime Minister stands idly with his hands in his pockets, as he has done for the past four and half plus years dumbfounded as to what to do, in the main time there is storm brewing internationally.

“Govt. efforts to intimidate activists slammed in report” – The Tribune

Excerpt from this article; “The United States has highlighted the Bahamas’ government ‘intimidation of non-governmental organizations’ and efforts by the government and authorities to inhibit ‘free speech through criminal libel laws’ as problems in its latest human rights report.

The report also referenced alleged cases of immigration officials soliciting bribes from migrants and alleged beatings of migrants and prisoners in custody.

Yesterday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs said the report has ‘inaccurate’ and in some cases ‘incomplete’ information.

Referring to an incident in which Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald discussed the emails and financial information of Save the Bays in Parliament last year, the report said: “Cabinet members sought to intimidate a local environmental group by reading its hacked e-mails and financial information from the floor of Parliament, accusing the group of attempting to overthrow the ruling political party.”

I often sit in amazement at the manner in which the Prime Minister and Leader of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), the Hon. Perry Christie would just sit back and allow just atrocities to happen under his watch and now I understand; he just seems powerless to stop any of it from happening in the first place, this is indeed a sad state of affairs.

The international report goes on to cover a few other issue which should have been addressed immediately by this government; some of which have been ‘under investigation’ for years now with no resolution.  Many of these topics have been subject to questioning from the public that requested a degree of accountability and action from this government, but have only seen them stand by helplessly watching it all happens with their hands in their pockets…defeated.

The report addresses the suppression of free speech, juveniles being charged as adults and treated as such, bribery and the beating  of migrants; with the Prime Minister still standing and watching helplessly with his hands in his pockets…..defeated.

Then the Minister of Foreign Affairs decides to speak to the issue; “On Sunday night the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration released a statement which said representatives of the government spoke with representatives of the United States prior to the report.’

During the conversation, it was made clear to the US that the proposed report contained significant inaccurate information with no basis in fact and in some cases incomplete information’, the minister said.”

“…..significant inaccurate information with no basis in fact and in some cases incomplete information”, sounds like a lot of information disseminated to the public by this government when they are trying to ‘explain’ something to the people or trying to deflect away from some wrong doing.

Well as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration prepares an official response from the Bahamas government, I just advise that he makes us look good because what is in this international report is exactly that “international’ now and for the most part sadly a lot of it is old new; issues that this present administration hoped would have gone away.  Now they stand looking hopelessly with their hands in their pockets – defeated

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

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“Because his avarice and his betrayal of the emperor’s trust, Pier della Vigna was disgrace, blinded, and imprisoned.

Dante’s pilgrim finds Pier della Vigna on the seventh level of the inferno.  Like Judas he died by hanging” – “Let My Home be my Gallows”

This past week saw the repercussions of a mentally embattled and fatigued prime minister ‘flashing the bird’ at persons whom he claims were attacking his family but really were only asking question of him and requesting his accountability to the Bahamian people.

The issue, really a non-issue, could have been easily dismissed and should have been give the heavy scrutiny that the prime minister has been under for the past four plus years, this was nothing but it seemed to have rattled him to the core, having two of his parliamentary colleagues weigh in to defend the prime minister.  The funny thing is that, both have no moral authority to even to attempt to justify the prime minister’s unwarranted outburst; as both of these persons sense of morality are as untouched as the turning signal in the average Bahamians car.

One in particular, I would consider to be a ‘political Judas’; as his kiss of reassurance’ is a deadly one, as he has proven that he has shown that he is fully prepared to sell you out for his job, as Judas did Christ for 30 pieces of silver.

“Minister defends PM: Attacks on family promoted middle finger incident, colleagues said” – The Nassau Guardian 1^st March 2017

Excerpt from this article; “Asserting that Christie has to speak for himself on the matter, Fitzgerald said the incident prompts a broader issue when it comes to people aiming at families when criticizing politicians.

The education minister insisted that although politicians sign up for public life, this does not give person ‘carte blanche to attack our family members really for no good reason’, and ‘at some point we are going to really have to a discussion in this country about how far we really go when it comes to persons who are in public life.

‘When we start attacking and making fun, singing songs, telling lies on social media about our family members, that’s really to me where the line should be drawn,” Fitzgerald said.”

I fervently agree with the minister, a person personal life should remain personal and private unless it affects his/her elected duties but as far as I am aware that the person that the prime minister was responding to never attacked any of his family members so what really brought about this reaction?  Some may say that I am splitting hairs at this point but then Minister Fitzgerald is being disingenuous and intentionally misleading.

Maybe someone from the Marathon constituency needs to ‘flip the bird, at this ‘political Judas’ the next time he knocks on their door asking for their vote.

After all he did sell them out for the sake of his job all because of his avarice.

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

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“PM: FNM an incredibly unreliable choice” – The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article; “At his first political meeting since his offensive finger gesture landed him in hot water, Prime Minister Perry Christie got back on his campaign message last night turning his guns at the Free National Movement (FNM) over the current division in the party, calling it ‘incredibly unreliable’ as a choice for government..

‘We are not like those others.’ Said Christie while speaking to supporters at a branch meeting for the Carmichael, Southern Shores and Golden Isles constituencies at Gavin Tynes Primary School.

One night [they are] dancing together, the next night they [are] calling one or the other corrupt or saying that they could never in their lifetime work with them together.

The point is, you have all the evidence you need to know that they are incredibly unreliable, and you cannot make the mistake of relying on them to be able to  form a government.’

Christie added, ‘If they was the government of The Bahamas today, who would have been running the country? Which one?”

Well Prime Minister Christie; many wonder as to who is running the country today with such a ‘cohesive group’?

As a ‘cohesive group’, the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) government has proven to be just as unreliable and unstable, or even more so, than they would like to make the public believe that the Free National Movement (FNM) party is.  It is fact that since it last national convention the FNM party has indeed been coming together despite the noise being made by the infamous ‘Rebel Seven”, who now wanders the political wilderness.

The Prime Minister and his Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) organization has now attempted to create a tentative link between the resignation of Branville McCartney, Leader of the Democratic National Alliance (DNA), as leader of opposition business in the Senate to the Opposition, saying this shows divided opposition which is still embroiled with infighting; this connection cannot be made, in the real world as it makes no sense and can only be made in the mind of the Prime Minister; probably coming from the very same ‘voice’ that prompted him to ‘flip the bird’ at his criticizers the other night.  I guess he still has to make an argument for the statement of a vote for the Free National Movement is a vote to move the country backward and the question is; are we not already in rapid decline and free fall? This makes one wonder exactly just how [has] the Progressive Liberal Party advanced the country over the last four and a half?

It is the present Progressive Liberal Party government that has proven itself, time and time again in the past four and half plus years to be “incredibly unreliable”, as they have failed the people of the Bahamas at each and even initiative that that have tried to implement; one can only sit in amazement that a government that is so inept, incompetent and lazy would then beg for another five years to continue the downfall that they now have the Commonwealth of The Bahamas in; dust of their ‘golden nuggets’ and claim to be the better choice, when the past four and half plus years has proven that they are just not, because as of to date they have yet to show one ONE way in which they have empowered the people of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas or even marginally made their lives any better.

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

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 “PM flips the bird” – The Nassau Guardian (February 28 2017)

Excerpt from this article; “Hundreds of Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) supporters; including children and senior citizens gasped in amazement last night as Prime Minister Perry Christie flipped the bird while explaining his response to what he called a ‘distorted’ claim.

Through he gave few details on exactly what he was referring to, a seemingly upset Christie showed the energetic crowd a quick flash of his middle finger as he explained his response to an allegation he had heard early yesterday.

‘We are now entering the period in our national life when all sorts of things will be said’, said Christie while speaking at a branch meeting for the Marathon, Fox Hill and St. Anne’s constituencies in Fox Hill.

‘When I was getting up this morning, they showed me an account of a lunatic who was saying I should deny I own this condominium.

‘This is what I [told] him…..’

Christie then lifted his middle finger.”

At what I see as a critical time in the campaign season for the Progressive Liberal Party, as the party begins to show some of its weaknesses which everyone knew existed; with the government losing traction and the support of the electorate that brought them to victory in 2012, with the present battle over the Free Town constituency , the dismal performance  of the economy under this administration being brought to light , the failings of the Ministry of National Security to date and the ill-advised introduction of the controversial ‘Spy Bill” and a myriad f other failures that the Prime Minister and his government have been rightfully criticized for; the Prime Minister all of a sudden loses his ‘cool’ over a matter of little or no consequence, this makes no sense but then we are discussing the Progressive Liberal Party, so yes there is that. But now there is the cry from his supporters of ‘tell dem bout dey sef’ – in what has been described by agriculture minister, V Alfred Grey as a ‘strong’ move.

A ‘strong’ move; right in the nick of time to suggest to the persons that had began to see through the façade and take note of the numerous faults of this Prime Minister and his government, causing them to began to lose faith; ‘I have had enough and it is time for me to take of the gloves and fight back’, a decisive move by my observation.

It is odd that “Cool PC” would lose his cool and stoop to this level over what some ‘lunatic’ has said about him shortly after he had threatened to tell the world what he was told about Dr. Hubert Minnis; it is curious and laughable.

Indeed, the situation seems to coincidental to be a coincidence, in my opinion and it is indeed sad that the leader of the Progressive Liberal Party would seemingly find it fitting to make such an obscene gesture in the public’s eye, to rally his troops and shift the momentum in his favor.

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

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“PM: We’re cutting Minnis some slack before election – The Tribune

Except from this article; “Prime Minister Perry Christie warned Free National Movement Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis on Friday night that the PLP is cutting him some ‘slack’ before waging a campaign that highlights the terrible things this party members have said about him.

‘The people who are against him are at the people who was in his party,’ Christie said.  They’re the people who said never, never, never.  They’re the people who define him.  And we are going to give him all the slack he needs right now because in his own record, what every one of them said about him, and they really ought to know him better than us and he might as well know we are going to publish what they said about him.  So start working my brother and try to find the explanations for why they said so many things about you and no matter how much the newspapers try to shine you up and brush you off, they said some things about you too.”

So it seems that the Prime Minister and the Progressive Liberal Party have issued a warning to Dr. Hubert Minnis that they plan to publish and make public hearsay and rumor to further their political agenda and further deflect from their failings as a government because as the Prime Minister says; “…we are going to publish what they said about him”; and I say even if what is said is true it is tantamount to hearsay and rumor and suspect to suspicion.

I just would like to drop a few excerpts here before I proceed;

“Time for Christie to go” – The Nassau Guardian; December 4^th 2015

Excerpt from this article;”Former Immigration Minister Loftus Roker yesterday said he was disheartened by the idea that ‘the men we have elected to make it better are slowly destroying the country’.

He added that it was time for Prime Minister Perry Christie, 72, to step aside and ‘open up the field’ for new leaders.”

“Christie is delusional’ – Galanis: Time for new vision” – The Nassau Guardian; July 21^st 2016

Excerpt from this article; “Former Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) MP Philip Galanis said yesterday that Prime Minister Perry Christie is ‘delusional to believe that he is really the glue that us keeping the party together.”

With the country being reminded of these things and them not being hearsay but rather documented facts, I will now turn my attention to the Prime Minister in his capacity as Minister of Finance and address a few pressing issues that the country is currently facing. 

“Decisive measures’ call as deficit soars to $314m” – The Tribune

Excerpt from this article; “A key Minister of Finance adviser last night warned that the 112 percent increase in the half-year fiscal deficit to $314.2 million was an ‘early warning signal’ that the Government must take ‘very decisive’ measures to stabilize the national finances”; I really thought that at one point, largely due to the government’s tax reform measures [Value Added-Tax] that the deficit was in the decline but it seems to have gotten loose and raging upward at an alarming rate and the Minister of Finance , along with his office seem very inept at getting it under control; “112 percent increase within the half year”, so the question to the Minister of Finance/ Mr. Prime Minister ,as he threatens to ‘pull someone else’s file” is how can you bring about tax reform, collect over a BILLION dollars in taxes and still have the national debt out of control, the deficit running wild and the nations credit rating downgraded four times in four years, now standing at junk status but speak about what you will talk about what someone else said about someone?  Do you even realize just how ridiculous that even sounds?

In my opinion, Mr. Galanis and Mr. Roker are both correct in their assessment of you as there are others close to you willing to speak to your gross ineptitude and incompetence as the Minister of Finance.

Do you really believe that you are in any position to speak to anyone else’s performance, especially based on hearsay?

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

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“PM: Unemployment breeding crime” – The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article; “A month after declaring that his government created 32,000 jobs over his term, Prime Minister Perry Christie suggested unemployment has bred the criminality the country now faces.

‘We must recognize that there is a great danger in our country of young men in particular, who are evolving in a way where they are faced with levels of desperation arising out of unemployment,’ Christie said at the opening of the Bahamas Union of Teachers’ first Educational Conference at British Colonial Hotel.’

‘Unemployment is serving as an incubator for criminality.’

‘And we had better bring focus as a country, as a region, on the troubled and potential trouble that exists in our backyards.’

Christie did not elaborate on how his administration plans to remedy this.

However, unemployment remains in double digits.”

First, allow me to quote the solution as proposed in the Progressive Liberal Party’s, “A Charter For Governance”, as it pertains to job creation.

“The PLP job creation plan will be proactive and will be anchored in four [4] pillars:

1. Effective promotion of The Bahamas at home and abroad. Foreign direct investment is important for The Bahamas and so is increasing local entrepreneurship;
2. The removal of impediments to business so hat Government facilitates the growth of business;
3. Increasing opportunities to dramatically expand the role of Bahamians as employers through initiatives like the national initiative in resort development, which is part of our Tourism Plan;
4. The government as a direct investor in carefully defined circumstances.”

The truth of the matter is that no matter how well a country is doing and how high the country’s employment rate is, there will always be instances of criminality and it is good that the Prime Minister has finally come to realize this but while it seems that he is willing to concede this fact he seems unwilling to concede the fact that his administration has failed at their job creation mandate; which is needed to keep most of the young men who are currently engaged in criminal acts, gainfully employed and above the state of ‘desperation’ that the Prime Minister eludes to.

The very fact that Prime Minister Perry Christie is unable to elaborate on how his administration plans to ‘fix’ this problem, as it pertains to unemployment, proves that he and his administration have no plan moving forward; and the fact that we have reached this state has shown that he and his administration had no plan to remedy the problem when they took office in 2012, as both unemployment and criminality have both increased under their watch.

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

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As I sit here clearing my browser history, the Attorney General and others now seek leave to educate the people about the proposed “Interception of Communications Bill – 2017” claiming that persons have been misled as to the contents of the bill but I take this opportunity to advise her that no one has mislead anyone about the bill as the contents of the bill are quite clear.  The real concern is the integrity of those presenting the bill, as we have already seen that they would have the propensity to interpret or misinterpret the bill in their best interest. 

There is nothing better than past behavior to predict future behavior.

“Spy Bill’ delayed” – The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article; “Amid widespread criticism and ‘partisan’ uproar over the recently tabled Interception of Communication Bill, Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson yesterday said there will be a period of public consultation to better inform Bahamians about the contents of the tabled bill before moving forward with the legislation.

In a statement released said, ‘Unfortunately, in this political season, most of the public discussion about the legislation has become completely partisan.

“Overheated and irresponsible accusations or alternative facts do nothing to further public education or engagement.”

Indeed, Madame Attorney General, “Overheated and irresponsible accusation or alternative facts do nothing to further public education or engagement”, other than to prevent the government from forcing something forward that the people do not fully understand and do not trust or do not even feel is in their best interest but now prompts this government go out and seek to inform the public as to what is really being proposed and get their feedback; as to getting their feedback, it would seem that it is just an exercise in futility, to appease the masses as the language used would suggest as much, “…there will be a period of public consultation to better inform Bahamians about the contents of the tabled bill before moving forward with the legislation”.  Will person’s recommendations even be taken into consideration or will this be like the Gaming Referendum, even with the people saying no when consulted about it, it will be imposed upon them anyway?

I must also point out that the Attorney Generals comments beg the question of how can there be alternative facts in the complete absences of facts, thus the need for a period of education and consultation,  as the bill leaves so much up to interpretation especially to the Attorney General who has shown that she is totally unable of being impartial but yet would  speak to the partisan discussion of the public; which I once thought was indeed free speech but only now shows just how out of touch the Attorney General is when it comes to the realities that face the nation.

Section 4 of the this bill is where I will begin to address my concerns;

4. Application for inception warrant and unauthorized disclosure of application
5. An authorized officer who wishes to obtain an inception warrant under the provisions of this Act shall request the Attorney-General to make an application ex parte to a judge in chambers on his behalf.

Does this mean that each inception warrant desired by the police or ‘authorized officer’ has to cross the desk or pass through the office of the Attorney General?

There is lies a major problem because how can a person that has already shown a blind allegiance to her party over country, be expected to be impartial in making such decisions on whether to violate “in the best interest of the national security”, the privacy of one of the citizens of the Bahamas?

The best interest of national security being defined as “….included, but not limited to, the protection of The Bahamas from threats of sabotage, espionage, terrorists acts, terrorism or subversion.

Wasn’t the environmental group Save The Bays group seeking to destabilize this government; an act of subversion, how was this determined and how will it be determined going forward and by whom, because it appears that anyone that questions this present Progressive Liberal Party government is seen as a suspect.

There are proponents of the bill that now say that what is being proposed is already in place, as the Commissioner of Police already has leave to do what is proposed in the bill,  would it now be required of him to consult with the Attorney General’s office first and if so, is the vetting by the Attorney General’s office the added measure that is supposed to bring a measure of protection to the average citizen because I have not seen too many instances of the police making private emails public to make a case that persons are trying to destabilize the government, exactly how is that determined anway?

This then brings us back to the integrity or lack thereof of the Attorney General and her office.

And then another question is protection from whom, as the people have already stated a great distrust of the present government; is the bill proposed by the government to protect the people from the government?

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

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