The big question this week has been why would a prominent Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) member of Parliament openly endorse the Leader of the Opposition, going do far as to be seen at the official launch of his campaign for leadership bid at Christie Park, and the ‘obvious’ answer, which some call ‘painfully’ obvious’ is that they know that they [the PLP] cannot win or stand a better chance of winning with Dr. Minnis at the helm then with someone else at the helm and right now the only other person vying for the position is Ms. Loretta Butler-Turner, member of Parliament for Long Island.

“Mr. Miller: People of color would do better under Minnis” – The Nassau Guardian 16^th July 2016

Excerpt from this article; “Tall Pines MP Leslie Miller said he believes that the average Bahamian of color would get more done in their lives ‘under the Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis than they would under the leadership of Loretta Butler-Turner and Elizabeth candidate Senator Duane Sands.

‘Minnis is a man [who] represents the small Bahamian’ the PLP MP told The Nassau Guardian earlier this week.  ‘To me, the other two represent Bay Street and the Eastern Road’

‘No on dictates to Minnis because he is self-made man.’

‘It is time for small, black Bahamians to get something in the country now.”

Of course these comments by Mr. Leslie Miller can be seen as being very disingenuous at best but coming from someone, just how truthful are they?

Then there is the question; is Mr. Miller intimating that even the Progressive Liberal Party does not have the ‘small, black Bahamian’ in mind?

Indeed, if Mr. Miller and the Progressive Liberal Party are seeking to endorse Dr. Hubert Minnis because he is the ‘easiest win’, they must realize that they are indeed playing a very ‘dangerous game’ and I am wondering if they are willing to ‘roll the dice’ on this?

They ‘rolled the dice’ on the ‘Gaming Referendum’, did not listen to the people and ‘crapped out’.  How do you lose a ‘referendum’ on ‘numbers’ when everyone plays ‘numbers’?

They ‘rolled the dice’ on the Gender Equality Referendum, did not listen to the people and ‘crapped out’ with the largest voting segment being women; just how do you do this?

But it was the Free National Movement (FNM), going into the 2012 General Elections, that thought that they had that election ‘in the bag’ especially after the ‘Red Splash’ events but the people had other ‘plans’.

So, indeed, Mr. Miller and the Progressive Liberal Party, go right ahead endorsing Dr. Hubert Minnis as a champion for  ‘small Bahamian’, they just may come to see it as being the truth because the PLP has spent the better part of four years proving that they are not and when Dr. Minnis wins leads the FNM in the next General Election and is victorious, I would like to thank you in advance on behalf of the Free National Movement and the country, because the people are looking for change not just in political organization but also the types of person leading these organization.

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

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Over the past two years, or there about, the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) government has been attempting to make a case to prove that the Free National Movement (FNM) is just as corrupt or even more corrupt than themselves; basically a case of ‘the pot calling the kettle black’.

They did this while they themselves continued to sink the country into total and utter corruption because anyone that would dare tell you that the Free National Movement has not seen its share of questionable dealings would either be deluding themselves or attempting to call us ignorant.

This all began when the PLP tried to incriminate the Leader of the Opposition, Free National Movement, Hubert Minnis, when it was ‘revealed’ that the Public Hospital Authority was renting from him but had signed the lease agreement with him before Dr. Minnis entered politics, they called it ‘conflict of interest’.

Then they proceeded to incriminate Mrs. Butler-Turner, when it was ‘revealed’ that the government was renting space at a shopping center where they claimed that she had some ‘financial interest’, again labeled ‘conflict if interest’.  As we all know none of these cases held any merit, so they [the PLP], kept digging and came across what could only be seen to them as a ‘golden nugget’; the BEC generator sale scandal, so what if the incident had happened over a decade ago, it proved that the FNM reeked of corruption, so they proceeded to make a case for corruption.

The government then opened a full investigation into the matter, a person was arrested, tried and convicted for the matter but wait, it seems that it still did not turn out the way that the PLP had hoped; too small a fish?

“Bid for probe into bribery at BEC after Ramsey case” – The Tribune July 12 2016

Excerpt from this article, “The Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) is calling for the establishment of a Parliamentary Select Committee to investigate a bribery scandal dating back over a decade involving Alstom SA and the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts said yesterday.

His statement came after the Supreme Court decided not to jail 79-year-old former BEC board member Fred Ramsey who was found guilty of receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars from Alstom to influence the awarding of contracts between 1993 – 2003.”

Indeed too small a fish because as PLP Chairman, Mr. Roberts, puts it”…..the PLP respects the court’s decision, Mr. Roberts said.

Public trust in governance must not be undermined.

He added, it would be naïve to think the crime was perpetrated exclusively by one board member, especially  when the Cabinet decision ran contrary to the decision of the full board of the corporation”……touché, Mr. Roberts, do you seek to convene a commission of enquiry into the matter?  Does the Progressive Liberal Party want this headache or more to the point do you want this headache, because we all know that if ‘something’ was being ‘given out’, in all likelihood, ‘someone’ from the PLP was there with their hand out, so as you ask for this ‘war’ ask yourself are you willing to live with the consequences of the ‘rooster coming home to roost’?

At this time Mr. Chairman, if I were you, I would direct ALL my energies in another direction and that would be the scandal that in unfolding at Baha Mar.

“Rollins want inquiry into Baha Mar” – The Tribune July 12 2016

Excerpt form this article; “Fort Charlotte MP Dr. Andre Rollins said yesterday that the status of the Baha Mar project is more ‘worrisome’ than Prime Minister Perry Christie is letting the public know. 

Dr. Andre Rollins, who is shadow minister of national security, said a new Free National Movement administration must urgently ‘convene’ a Commission of Enquiry to look into the matter.

Dr. Rollins also claimed that he estimated costs to fix ‘construction deficiencies’ in the stalled project have allegedly skyrocketed to #1.8 billion dollars. He also claimed that he was told that a recent site inspection of Baha Mar by an insurer concluded that the property is ‘presently uninsurable’ and has become a $3.2 billion dollar liability.” Yeah but Dr. Andre Rollins ‘crazy’, right and on one listens to anything he has to say but where is he getting his information from but even in the absence of his new information, one thing about the Progressive Liberal Party you all do not seem to like insurance, there is still the question of the way that this government seems to have colluded with the Chinese to take this project over; how did this government ever get in the position to side with one of the persons in this dispute? Remember now, this all began a simple dispute between a developer and his construction company; nothing more, nothing less.

So while the PLP is seeking to uncover and further dirt on the FNM from a decade ago….I say someone needs to be right ‘across the hall’ filing a petition to know the extent of the involvement of the Christie administration in removing the original developer from the head of Baha Mar.

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

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This past week the rating agency Moody’s threatened to downgrade the Bahamas’ credit rating and ever since this announcement was made this government has been playing a very dangerously embarrassing ‘game’ in some silly attempt to convince the people of the Bahamas that they have ‘control’ of the situation; a lot doubt that they do and they may be right.

“Bahamas Facing Moody’s Downgrade Threat in Two Months” – The Tribune – May 4^th 2016

Excerpt from this article; “The Bahama faces the prospect of a fresh credit ratings downgrade within two months, after Moody’s was stunned by data showing two consecutive years of recession.

The Wall Street rating agency announced on Friday that it was placing the Bahamas ‘under review’ for a potential downgrade, due to both its unexpected economic contraction and further deterioration in the Government’s fiscal position.”

To listen to the words of the Prime Minister/Minister of Finance and to Mr. Michael Halkitis, State Minister for Finance, this cannot be happening because of the cutbacks in government spending but more importantly due to the tax reform through the introduction of Value-Added Tax (VAT), so maybe one of our government financial gurus can sort this matter out and ‘splain to the people what is happening.

Govt. not worried – Halkitis: Govt. knows what to do to prevent Moody’s downgrade” – The Nassau Guardian, July 5^th 2016

Excerpt from this article; “Minister of State for Finance, Michael Halkitis said yesterday that the government is not worried by an announcement by ratings agency Moody’s that is looking to downgrade the Bahamas’ credit rating within the next 60 days.

Halkitis said the Christie administration knows what to do address concerns raised by Moody’s, and is committed to doing it.

‘This is one of those things he said.

‘We think are at a point where we have stabilized things.  Our forecasts show that the debt-to-GDP ratio will begin to decline going into next year.”

Mr. Minister of State with responsibility for finance did you and your government not make these same promises and assurances when you did your first review of VAT and reported that it was exceeding all expectations?

Mr. Halkitis you claim that your government knows what to do to prevent a downgrade then why has this not been done?  When Standards & Poor’s downgraded our credit rating but Moody’s took a ‘wait and see’ approach due to the implementation of VAT and awaiting the outcome of the Baha Mar matter, why wasn’t ‘something’ done then?

Mr. Minister of State for finance when you say that you are not worried and you know what to do, do you plan on opening Baha Mar in the next 60 days?  Will this be on the list of promises that you will make to Moody’s as you sit down and ‘plead our case’?

It is indeed very troubling the nonchalant attitude that the government seems to have taken toward this very serious matter and Mr. Halkitis, while you say that you and your government are ‘not worried’ and claim that you and your government ‘knows what to do to address the concerns raised by Moody’s…”, interesting wording there by the way; it is painfully clear to the rest of us that the government does not know what to do, so the rest of us are very concerned.

But then this government always finds away to compound on it statements of utter nonsense, which you would have to intoxicated to believe in the first instance.

“Fire Moody’s if Bahamas is given downgrade” – The Tribune

Excerpt from this article; “Former State Minister of Finance James Smith said he would suggest that the government fire Moody’s if the rating agency follows through on its threat to downgrade this country’s credit rating.

Arguing that although the state of the country’s economy is relatively weak, Mr. Smith said many countries not under threat of a credit downgrade have worse performing economies or greater level of debt.” 

Seriously?  Are we as a country looking to progress or play to the lowest common denominator? 

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

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With the high rate of unemployment; a failing economy, the country now facing another possible credit ratings downgrade that would put the country’s credit rating at junk status, the increasing high instances of crime and a major resort issue still unresolved as the taxpayers pay the incurring bills at the resort, minister of Tourism Mr. Obie Wilchombe’s opinion is that the Progressive Liberal Party is in the best position to win the next general election.

“PLP ‘best ever’ position to win – Wilchcombe rejects Baha Mar effects” – The Tribune

Excerpt from this article; “Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe yesterday said he expects the Progressive Liberal Party to win the next election, asserting that the party is in ‘the best position we’re been in.’

His comments to the Tribune came as he down played fears from Tall Pines M.P. Leslie Miller that a failure to jump start Baha Mar could hurt the Christie administration’s chances at the polls next year.

However, the West Grand Bahama and Bimini MP conceded that the Christie administration must ‘continue to work’ and do more to ‘connect with our base’ and the wider voting public.

On the issue of Baha Mar, Mr. Wilchcombe shot down the line of thinking that failure to open the beleaguered Cable Beach resort would automatically translate to ‘condemnation’ of the Christie administration as he submitted that there are ‘many issues that will determine whether you win or you’ll lose”.

Indeed, there are many issues that will determine whether this Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) government will lose or win the next election but Baha Mar sits as a reminder of the failure by this government to live up to and/or deliver on all the hopes, dreams and promises that they sold to the people of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.

One of the major issues that will determine if this PLP government will win or lose the next election will be the actions of the official Opposition Free National Movement, as people look to them and question why can’t these people just get it together.

Indeed the people are looking for new governance as they have lost all confidence in the present government which they showed clearly through the results of the referendum on Gender Equality, even if most feel it was to their own detriment.  The people have had enough of a ‘talk a lot, do little government’, long on talk and very short on ideas and action as has become evident with the possible credit rating downgrade. 

The governing Progressive Liberal Party has been nothing but an embarrassing failure to the people to whom they promised the world and then some but yet would still seek to come to these people with the excuse, I mean explanation for their failures to date as they now try to convince them that they need a little bit more time so that their plans can come to fruition; seriously?

So, indeed the member of Parliament for West Grand Bahama and Bimini is correct when he says that the PLP is in the best ever position to win but it would not be because of any of his governments accomplishments or achievements but only due to the failure of the Free national Movement’s inability to unite and deliver the country from a failed government.

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

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As the international ratings agency, Moody’s, prepares to place the country under review for a potential downgrade,  the prime minister and his government prepares themselves to do what they do best when faced with a complete mess, most of the time of their own making, and this is to talk about it.

“Bid to hold talks over downgrade – Govt. confident over prospects for country.” – The Tribune

Excerpt from this article; “Michael Halkitis, State Minister for Finance, said yesterday the government will meet with representatives from ratings agencies Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s starting next week in order to ‘convince’ the firms not to downgrade the country’s credit rating.

In an interview with the Tribune, Mr. Halkitis said while Moody’s seems to be ‘leaning on one direction’ the government will ‘plead its case’ in hope the Walls Street ratings agency will see the governments future prospects for the economy.”

“The government will ‘plead its case’ in hope the Walls Street ratings agency will see the government’s future prospects for the economy.”?

Really?

I was under the impression that this is what the government had done earlier this year and/or late last year with the rating agencies and that things were looking better? 

What happened?

“Downgraded – Standard and Poor’s lowers Bahamas credit rating” – The Nassau Guardian, August 26, 2015.

Excerpt from this article; “International credit rating agency Standards and Poor’s (S&P) yesterday downgraded the Bahamas’ credit rating and placed the country’s economy on a negative outlook.

The action was taken due to the short-term ‘economic shock’ brought on by Baha Mars’s bankruptcy filing and in increasing ‘remote’ chance of a quick settlement in the resort’s legal battles.”

“Gov’T Plans S&P meeting to ward off downgrade” – The Tribune, February 01. 2016

Excerpt from this article; “The Government will meet with Standards and Poor’s (S&P) immediately after next month’s mid-year Budget in a bid to stave off a further credit downgrade to ‘junk’ status.”

It would seem that the government has had this conversation before.  If I can recall after the downgrade by S&P, Moody’s actually held its credit rating at the time pending the outcome of the Baha Mar matter and due to the introduction of Value-Added Tax (VAT) which they saw as a step in the right direction, now over a year after VAT has been introduced and with claims of it exceeding its initial expectations by the government, we have Moody’s contemplating a downgrade of our credit rating to a level right above ‘junk status’ while S&P contemplates placing the country’s credit rating at ‘junk status’ but yet the Prime Minister is set to be on his way again to ‘plead our case’ and I ask should not our actions have proven that further downgrades were not necessary or has the Prime Minister and his government’s incompetence reared its ugly head yet again as they have failed at the task of protecting our credit rating as they seek to engage in more ’talks’ to ‘save us’? 

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

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“I have done what I thought was my purview and what I could have done under the circumstances.” the Hon. Jerome Fitzgerald as he attempts to justify his actions in the Rubis gasoline leak matter.

“No regrets over Rubis” – ‘Fitzgerald insists govt. acted properly over delayed report” – The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article; “Marathon MP Jerome Fitzgerald said yesterday he has no regrets over the government’s handling of the matter involving the delayed released of a report into a Rubis fuel leak, which warned people of the potential health risks to Marathon residents and people who worked in the area.

Asked if he has any regrets about the way in which the situation was dealt with, or wished to apologize, Fitzgerald said ‘No.  Not from the governments stand point.’

He added, ‘From the government’s standpoint, I think it was handled properly.  I think from the evidence, everything the government did, it did in an expeditious manner.”

It is indeed sad that the member of parliament for the constituency of Marathon would feel that he has ‘no regrets’ over the handling of the Rubis matter; seeming to have no regrets about the well being of the constituents of the area, as he states “From the government’s standpoint I think it was handled properly”, but what about from the standpoint of the people who elected him to represent them and look out for their best interest?

It has always been my opinion that the Member of Parliament for Marathon bears the full responsibility for the manner in which this situation was handled or mishandled but now we begin to see the full extent of this situation as the minister attempts to clear his ‘good name’.

“Cabinet reviewed the report, agreed to release the report and sent it to the attorney general’s office’ the MP said.

‘The attorney general’s office sat on the report and from what I understand the attorney general has asked Justice [Joseph] Strachan to review to see where the breakdown was in the attorney general’s office as to why the report was not released.” It now seems that the full Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Cabinet along with the attorney general was complicate in the gross negligence toward people whom they claimed to have cared so fervently about.

Minister Fitzgerald comments of having ‘no regrets’ and that he believes that the government acted properly seem extremely cold and callous as he goes on to then admit that the report was delayed, we now know that it was delayed for over a year, so this begs the question does Minister Fitzgerald feel that it is proper to conceal this type of information from his constituents or any other Bahamian citizen, for that matter, in the interest of himself or any other reason.

“The question was asked why I wouldn’t take something out of Cabinet or why I did not take this and say something out of Cabinet.

“I said I would have been fired. I take my job as a Member of Parliament seriously.

‘I take my responsibility seriously as a Cabinet minister.”

As the minister says, he takes his job and responsibility seriously and it would seem that he takes it more seriously than the health and welfare of the people that live and work in the Marathon area.  The government would now have us believe that the report was merely delayed through ‘poor coordination and administration, this is believable because this has become the standard at which this government seems to ‘work, but the facts tells us that Minister Fitzgerald had read the report in 2014 and kept silent about it was not until it was leaked to the media that he was forced into admitting that the report existed; if his hand were not forced no one knows just how long him and his government would have remained silent on the matter.

This is akin to the Flint, Michigan water crisis but at least persons were held accountable in this situation but the minister wishes us to dismiss the role that he played in this incident as he was only doing his job.

SHAME!

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

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It is simply amazing the manner in which some people just seem unable or unwilling to keep their noses out of other people’s business, when they themselves leave nothing but destruction in their wake.

The National Progressive Institute

“FNM House clearly divided against itself and cannot stand.”

Bradley Roberts

National Chairman

Progressive Liberal Party

Excerpt from this article; “It is written that a house divided against itself cannot stand and given the unrelenting infighting within the FNM, Bahamians in increasing numbers are asking how this Organization can hope to lead a country when it is unable to organize and led itself.”

This statement may ring true to those that have no idea of what is going on within the Opposition Free National Movement (FNM), as it prepares itself to put forth its best possible leaders to rid this country of the most inept, lazy and incompetent government in this Christie led administration that we have seen since our independence.

While the Chairman of the Progressive Liberal Party busies himself with other people’s business; must be a PLP thing as I have a recollection of a certain PLP MP busing himself with other people’s private emails, he does so at the expense of the people that is government has been elected by, are being paid but have failed to govern progressively – the Progressive Liberal Party has been a failure from Day One; we deserve better.

Violent crime is on the rise, although this government has attempted to suggest that things are not as bad as they seem and that the actual crime rate is down.

Unemployment is on the rise with more and more businesses contemplating closing their doors, a lot due to the additional taxes being imposed irrationally by a government that seems not to care.  Without proper incentives for proper job creation and with the injection of thousands of ill prepared youth graduating from highs school and seeking employment, things are only set to get worst.  Yet the Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Jerome Fitzgerald seems pleased with the fact that the results of this year’s BGSCE examination; math averaging an E and English a D+.

With all of his going on, the Chairman of the governing Progressive Liberal Party seems to be able to find the time to busy himself with the current state of the Free National Movement,  He must realize that his government has lost two referendums in the past year or so and this may be an indication that the people have lost all faith and confidence in his government but yet he finds the time………

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

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Just when you accepted the fact that the Prime Minister ‘lights were on but that no one was home’, he comes out and says something that make you realize just how serious the situation is.

“PM: No vote was payback – Christie says equality issue ended up lost.” – The Nassau Guardian June 23 2016

Excerpt from this article; “Prime Minister Perry Christie suggested yesterday that the June 7 constitutional referendum was ‘hopelessly flawed because of a compelling urgency on the part of some to pay us back, what they perceived to be a pay back to the PLP.”

“Therefore, the supremacy of the issue on equality was lost in a payback syndrome,” said Christie as he wrapped up the budget debate in the House of Assembly.’

“…….we must move on because we have a country to govern, a country that the people with expectancy and anticipation look to our democracy…..”

I agree with  Prime Minister we must move on but it clear that he  and some members of his government seem unable to as they still seek to blame the failure of this referendum on others.

It now seems that the Prime Minister is conceding that although his name was not on the ballot, the resounding no vote is an indictment on his government but who are these people who would have wished to use the referendum as payback’ to the PLP government?

It is clear that over eighty percent (80%), it is probably much higher, of the people that bothered to vote, voted no, so this would mean that the majority of persons voted no, so were they all looking to pay the government back and pay the government back for what exactly?  Could these people being paying the government back because they now lack confidence in them and/or no longer trust them?

It appears the Prime Minister is hopelessly lost as he does not seem to realize that the only way that the referendum would be ‘hopelessly flawed’ would be because of a failure on his part and on the part of his government to properly educate the people.  If the Prime Minister feels that the public was properly educated and the process was still ‘hopelessly flawed because of a compelling urgency on the part of some to pay us [the Progressive Liberal Party] back’, then he must concede the fact that the people no longer trust or has faith and confidence in him and his government and he should resign.

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

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“Gibson; Investors concerned by Rollins comments” – The Nassau Guardian 06.21.2016

Excerpt from this article; “Minister of Labour and National Insurance, Shane Gibson said yesterday that investors have expressed concern over recent comments about the government’s dealings Chinese investors made by Fort Charlotte MP Dr. Andre Rollins.

In the House of Assembly last week, Rollins said should the Free National Movement (FNM) become the next government it would ‘reserve’ the right to void and all agreements deemed contrary to the sovereign interest of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.

He was speaking with regards to the reportedly impending Baha Mar deal to restart construction.

Gibson said he was invited to several investor meetings on Paradise Island and west New Providence.

‘They got really frightened when they heard statements made by the member of Fort Charlotte.  They wanted to know what is that the Bahamas is coming too,” Gibson said in the House of Assembly.”

Short answer about what the country is coming too; the ‘hell’ that the Progressive Liberal Party is bringing it to.

It is clear that at times that the Minister of Labour and National Insurance has the propensity to be a bit of a ‘drama queen’ and I can recall a time, not too long ago when the ‘sovereignty’ of the country was the only thing that really concerned him and his government, especially during the Baha Mar fiasco that brought the $3.5b resort to a standstill; I wonder were investors expressing any concern to him at this time; for some strange reason the recent fallacious statement and concerns of minister Gibson just do not ring true.

“Psych test for all developers” – The Tribune -08.05.2015

Excerpt from this article, “Labour Minister Shayne Gibson yesterday defended Foreign Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell’s public warning to Baha Mar CEO Sarkis Izmirlian, and suggested that the government should begin performing ‘psychological evaluations’ on all foreign developers seeking to do business in this country.”

As Minister Gibson continues on his very disingenuous course of action, claiming to have the country’s best interest at heart, he does so by totally misrepresenting the words of Dr. Andre Rollins, which are “should the Free National Movement (FNM) become the next government it would ‘reserve’ the right to void and all agreements deemed contrary to the sovereign interest of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.”  It simply says that a future FNM government would ‘reserve’ the right to do what is in the best interest of our county; isn’t this what a responsible government should do? 

As for Minister Gibson now claiming to have spoken to investors that have been “frightened” by the comments of Dr Andre Rollins; I dare ask were these comments made before or after their psychological evaluation? 

How is it that The Minister can see his comment of suggesting that the government should begin performing ‘psychological evaluations’ for all foreign investors as being appropriate but then seek to demonize those of Dr. Rollins?

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

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“Roberts demands Minnis, Butler-Turner respond to Rollins’ Baha Mar warning” – The Nassau Guardian June 18 2016

Excerpt from this article; “Progressive Liberal Party Chairman Bradley Roberts yesterday called on Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis and former FNM Deputy Leader Loretta Butler-Turner to publically state whether they condone Fort Charlotte MP Dr. Andre Rollins’ remarks on Thursday that with regard to any deal the government might make with the Chinese on Baha Mar development, a future FNM government will ‘reserve the right to void any and all agreements deemed to be on contrary to the sovereign interest of [the] Commonwealth of The Bahamas.

Rollins was speaking during his contribution to the 2016/2017 budget debate.

He said the Christie administration is desperate for re-election and should not be negotiating with Chinese companies as it no longer has the support of the Bahamian people.

‘While this is a highly reckless and irresponsible statement for any member of Parliament to make ad while by and large the public no longer takes Rollins serious the significance of this statement is due to the fact that it was made in the presences of both the present leader of the FNM, Dr. Hubert Minnis and that of Mrs. Loretta Butler-Turner who has signaled her intention to challenge for such leadership at the upcoming convention of that party,’ Roberts said.

‘Their silence has the potential to cause persons outside of the country to think that Minnis and/or Butler-Turner condone the remarks.”

My word, the Chairman of the Progressive Liberal Party has the propensity to ‘run-out’ when given the chance and he seems to take every chance that is afforded to him, even if he has to make his own opportunities.

First of at the risk  of sounding brash, I would like to say it is my opinion that Bradley Roberts should be the last person on the face of this the planet earth to make any d**m demands of anyone.

Sir, we still await your party’s response to the entire Baha Mar matter and the way that it has been mishandled to date.

We await an official apology from Minister Fitzgerald about the entire Rubis fiasco that still has person’s health at risk.

We still await for ‘heads to roll’ over the lack of insurance at BAMSI as promised by Minister Arnold Forbes

We still await a financial repost on Resolve Bahamas and BoB as the bank continues to lose money, how is collection going from the person that put the bank in jeopardy?

There are many instances that Chairman Roberts needs to attend to instead of making silly and childish demands of others.  The statement reads “a future FNM government will ‘reserve the right to void any and all agreements deemed to be on contrary to the sovereign interest of [the] Commonwealth of The Bahamas.”  Understand the implications of what is said being you go off the deep end again Mr. Roberts put then it is your ‘job’ to ‘distract through spin’, right?

Anyway, while you are doing your ‘job’, answer the long asked question; did the Progressive Liberal Party condone the flogging of illegal immigrants as recommended by their new member Wayne Munroe or does it not matter because he is not a Member of Parliament?

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

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