In the realms of stuff that you just cannot make up, the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) continues to show just why they are their own worst enemy. They do this by continuously creating situations to distract from their failings and alleged misdeeds only to highlight these actual failings and misdeeds.
At this time the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) is highlighting the following article as being reported by Eyewitness News; “Billionaire Bacon Linked to Nygard sex trafficking lawsuit”
Excerpt from this article; “NASSAU, BAHAMAS, Lyford Cay billionaire has defended his role in the federal class action lawsuit accusing his neighbor and longtime rival Peter Nygard of sex trafficking in The Bahamas.
A New York Times article, “Has a Neighbor’s Feud in Paradise Launched on International Rape Case’, reveals that the lawyers and investigators attached to the federal lawsuit were funded in part by Bacon.”
Of course the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) has already come to the “logical conclusion” that if Louis Bacon funded “lawyers and investigators attached to the federal lawsuit” and had funded the Free National Movement (FNM) during the last election, then it only stands to reason that the FNM is complicit in or actually behind the lawsuit. So let’s apply this trend of “logic” and “reasoning” to another part of the Nygard lawsuit; since it can be concluded that Peter Nygard funded the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) during the last election then there MUST be some truth behind the sex trafficking and sex slave allegations as laid out in the lawsuit which names the leader of the opposition as being complicit in some of these nefarious acts; right?

Now many are going to read this and label it as pure asinine ramblings but these very persons must realize and concede that it follows the very same “logic” and “reasoning” of the allegations of the FNM being behind the lawsuit being brought against Peter Nygard, as these allegations are based solely on the premise of Louis Bacon being a major contributor to Free National Movement (FNM) Party.
The Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) continues to be its very own worst enemy, as it takes something written in the New York Times, which makes no mention of the FNM but names the PLP and some of its members by names as being accomplices to these acts of sex trafficking and slavery and tries to contort it to now suggest that the Free National Movement government was behind it all.
The PLP goes from one version of events, where the allegations are total lies to this, “Davis further suggested the claims that party members were bribed with sex with under aged girls and cash, contained in the federal complaint files last week, were perpetrated by Free National Movement surrogates.” Here it is alleged that they were all fabricated by the FNM though a federal lawsuit issued in a court in the United States to incriminate the leader of the opposition through the incrimination of Peter Nygard; but I guess these two things are the same, both suggesting that the PLP as an innocent as a new born baby with the evil and wicked FNM looking to ‘sacrifice’ it.
Both being the sick and perverted imagings of a political organization that as long lost its way.
The Progressive Liberal Party fails for one reason, it is their nature.
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“Davis launces election bid at rally” – The Nassau Guardian
Except from this article; “Touting the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) as repaired and a unified one, PLP leader Philip Brave Davis last night launched his election campaign.
‘The SS PLP is off the reef,’ he said at Columbus Primary School.
‘Its hull is repaired. It is strong and seaworthy,’
‘We’re on board to do the peoples work, and it’s all hands on deck with a singular mission.’

‘A unified party ready to serve the Bahamian people.”

So it would appear that the Hon. Philip ‘Brave’ Davis has finally admitted to the fact that the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) is a broken party, although he would claim that it is now repaired; but as to how it came to be broken is subject to much debate.
To listen to Mr. Davis, the party became a broken vessel at the last general elections but many may beg to differ as to when it became broken and as Mr. Davis attempts to move past this discussion of what he calls the “SS PLP”; is he willing to admit how it got ‘broken’ and run aground and is he willing to accept any responsibility for its crippled stated?
Mr. Davis has spent the better part of two and half years in opposition, walking a fine line; while trying to convince the country that he would be a good candidate for prime minister, he can’t seem to get into the details of how and why the PLP lost the last election in such grand manner with him as deputy leader of the PLP and as the deputy prime minister.
He would also need for the present new, new, new [new] PLP to make atonement for its past mistakes which led to such a devastating defeat and acknowledge the role he played in bringing that defeat about.
But at this time he seems to be attempting to distance himself from this defeat and anything that may have caused it, trying to make himself seem new but he can’t as he is tied to the disaster that was the PLP’s election defeat.
So he deflects and hopes that no one remembers how he got to where he is right now.
Can anything that he say about a new, new, [new] PLP be trusted?
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“Plastic bag fee ‘not a tax” – The Nassau Guardian
Excerpt from this article; “An official in the Ministry of Environment and Housing yesterday dismissed accusations that the new plastic bag fee is a tax, while stressing that the fee is intended to make consumers ‘angry’ as they would be deterred from using single-use plastics.
Within the first week of the government implementation of a ban on single-use plastics, some consumers expressed support for the ban while others took issue with the plastic bag fee in particular calling it a ‘tax’ and threatening to boycott businesses that follow the new law.
‘The 25 cents to a dollar is not a tax’, said Dr. Rhianna Neely-Murphy, senior environmental officer.

‘The 25 cents was put in place during this transition period as a deterrent to encourage people to change their behavior and bring their reusable bags. We understand that plastic bags have become a part of our society, so the change would’ve a bit difficult. So we gave the customers, the Bahamians six months during this transition period to get used to living without plastic, with less plastic.
The Environmental Protection (Control of Plastic Pollution) Act 2019 outlines that businesses have until June 2010 to possess prohibited items such as plastic bags on the condition that the items are sold to customers at a fee no less than 25 cents and no more than $1, excluding value-added tax.”
The very fact that a penalty has to be put in place to ‘encourage’ better behavior is an issue within itself and is very alarming to me as it is a very serious indictment on the mindset of us as a people.
I find the discourse on social media extremely interesting and telling; we as a people are very resistant to change, even if it is to our very benefit and especially if it may inconvenience us for a while and force us to do something which seems to be more difficult at the onset but is very easily adjusted to.
There were many ‘reason’ given as to why we should not adhere to the new ‘tax’ imposed on us by the government and by the way it is not a tax, one being that it is a ‘tax’ the people did not have sufficient time to prepare for, although it was announced that the government had planned to move in this direction from May of 2019. Then you have those that claims it only benefits the ‘white’ business owners, as if only ‘whites’ own businesses. There are even some that say that they will not be forced into this and therefore they will boycott Bahamian businesses and shop with “the Chinese” but don’t they have also have to comply with the new law?

I have a simple solution to all of these complaints, why don’t we just buy the reusable bags and become more disciplined in our use of them as a people, but it would appear that this is the problem.
“The 25 cents was put in place during this transition period as a deterrent to encourage people to change their behavior.”
We as a people do not want to conform or become more disciplined and responsible as it is too much of a headache and hassle. So now we threaten the government and everyone else that offends our sense of complacency over 25 cents.
Is this really what we have become?

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“Davis insists BPL consumers suffering for govts. mistakes” – The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article; “Opposition Leader Philip Brave Davis yesterday said the Minnis administration is exacting a price on the Bahamian people for the error and mistakes in government’.

Last week, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest advised that the government will have to raise taxes if Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) does not increase light bills.

‘The Bahamian people ought not to be paying for [the governments] mistakes at all,’ Davis said.

‘They are the ones that have created this mess at BPL; BPL was on the path of recovery and providing sustainable, reliable and afforded electricity.”

It would appear to me that each and every time the leader of the opposition Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) opens his mouth on issues such as these, he only shows how incompetent he was as Deputy Prime Minister and as the Minister of Public works, the government ministry under which Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) falls.

To listen to Mr. Davis’s narrative; “BPL was on the path of recovery and providing sustainable, reliable and affordable electricity”, this is like Mr. Davis saying that load shedding only occurs when the Free National Movement (FNM) is the government and it is ludicrous because unfortunately he [Mr. Davis] cannot give any evidence of what they are saying beside asking us to take him at his word – right.

What is unfortunate here is that the present Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) organization would like for you to believe that all of the woes that have befallen Bahamas Power and Light have only happened within the past three years or so and that they had nothing to do with the problems that the cooperation’s face today; we all know better than this and my question is this is how Mr. Davis’ wishes to drive his bid to be prime minister by misleading the public?

The truth about BPL is the successive governments, this includes all PLP governments [talks and plans of FREE electricity], have been delinquent in keeping the technology of our power company up to date and keeping the equipment properly maintained.  

Another truth is that Mr. Brave Davis who now seeks to points fingers on this issue now seeks to say that he may had not done anything to alleviate the problem but it was “planned”, why is it always ‘planned’?

The long and short of it all is simply this; unless/until the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) can admit to its role in bringing the power company to this present state of affairs and continues to blame the present government of all of the power company’s woes; they cannot and should not be trusted to run the country.

This is like them are trying to convince the Bahamian people that all their economic dealings were above board and none led to the five downgrades that the country experienced in the last five years that the PLP governed.

As they prop up their party with a new, new, new [new] leader in the Hon. Philip ‘Brave’ Davis; wasn’t he there when all went off course during the last PLP administration?

They should not be trusted.

The PLP fails for one reason, it is their nature.

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“2017 General Election process ‘corrupted” – EyeWitness News

Excerpt from this article; “NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Former House Speaker Dr. Kendal Major has called into question the voter turnout of the 2017 General Election, claiming he has ‘credible evidence’ people were paid to stay home.

Major called the electoral process ‘corrupted’ during a Progressive Young Liberals youth meeting on Friday.

He was responding to a question on the decline in voter turnout over the past three elections.

‘I have credible evidence that persons were paid to stay home and so what has happened in our elections is it has been corrupted, truly corrupted,’ Major said.

‘And I am not saying this to point a finger, I am saying the process has been corrupted.  And one of the things the PLP outh to do is legislate campaign finance reform, in the first order, at the first opportunity.”

This seems to verify my point which I always make as it pertains to the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), which is ‘there is PLP fact and then there is reality, the two cannot be assimilated.’  Here PLP facts state that the only logical reason for them to have lost the last election is/was because ‘someone’ paid people to stay away from the polls; whiles reality shows that with each election voter numbers have been falling off.

“According to statistics from, the Parliamentary Registration Department (PRD), 88 percent of the 181,000 registered voters in The Bahamas cast ballots during the General Elections compared to the 90 percent voter turnout in 2012 elections and the 92 percent turnout during the 2007 elections.”

This statistical evidence shows a downward trend in voter turnout and registration but to attribute it to people being paid to stay away from the polls and not voter frustration to explain the PLP lost is PLP logic, which does not align with realty and logic.

I mean, if you are paying, why not just pay the people to vote for you?

The truth of the matter is this, people are becoming tired of the electoral system and as they would put it, “they keep getting the same thing”.  Now as for if this is actually the case is up for debate and will always be open to debate but the fact that the former speaker of the house and former Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Member of Parliament for Garden Hills. Would actually thinks and believes persons were paid to say away from the polls is ludicrous and bordering on delusional.

So I ask Mr. Major to present his “credible evidence” because without it this just seems as a way for him to make himself relevant ahead of the 2022 General Elections.

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If at some point in time you may have speculated that Philip ‘Brave’ Davis had no moral compass and was devoid of an actual soul, well speculate no more because Mr. Davis has proven your speculation to be fact.
He has proven this to be correct by showing that his empathy and compassion for those affected by the hurricane three weeks ago and especially toward those that have lost loves ones is about as authentic as his picture used on his campaign poster going into the last general election.
“Davis lashes out over lost lives – PLP leader says govt. could have done more to get people out of Dorian’s path” – The Nassau Guardian
Except from this article; “Three weeks after Hurricane Dorian decimated Abaco and Grand Bahama Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Leader Philip Brave Davis said yesterday the government could have done more to protect lives during storm.
At least 53 people have already been confirmed dead as a result of the storm, according to authorities.
During a press conference at the opposition leader’s office on Bay Street, Davis said, ‘That is the catastrophe here.’
‘We can replace infrastructure, the bricks, the mortars. We can rebuild but can’t bring back lives…The key in these matters, are the effort should be: ‘How do we save lives?”

One thing you must say, that since becoming the official opposition, the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) has held more press conferences and has more to say than when they were the government of The Bahamas. This is not because they have anything new to say or anything of relevance to add to the progress of the country in anyway; it is just because now they seem determined on dividing the country in a time of great need, through the dissemination of false and deliberately confusing information.
To suggest that the present government did not do everything possible to evacuate the people in harm’s way in Abaco and Grand Bahama, not even directing them to nearby caves, is an irresponsible lie.
While the Hon. Philip ‘Brave’ Davis, leader of the opposition Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) feigns compassion and empathy, both of which he has already proven he is devoid of; he must realize that all measures were taken to save lives as Hurricane Dorian approached The Bahamas, despite the falsehoods he chooses to spread at this time.
And as he continues his divisive message, he must also realize that even as he attempts to ride on the back of those affected by this storm, to use their pain and misery to advance his quickly diminishing political career, many of these persons have already began to rebuild their lives – even if it means building around him.
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I find it odd that if you want to know what’s going with the opposition Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) in the newspapers you will not find it on the front page anymore, is this because the leader of the opposition is becoming more and more irrelevant with each and every passing day?

“PLP might hold off on no confidence motion” – The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article; “In the devastating wake of Hurricane Dorian, Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) leader Philip Brave Davis said yesterday the party is considering postponing its vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis.

‘We’re considering postponing it because we still think the conduct of the prime minister in [misleading] Parliament was sufficiently egregious.’ Davis said.

He added, ‘The resolution is in draft but I do not know whether I want to –  with the country in the state it’s in  and the shock of it – I don’t want to appear divisive at this time.”

If the leader of the opposition says that he does not want “to appear to be too divisive at this time”, his he suggesting that at other times he has been unnecessarily or necessarily divisive in the past?

I would suggest that the opposition Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) continue to be who they are, a party with a divisive spirit because it is a part of their nature; just as failure is and to try and change this perception at this time would only to perpetrate a falsehood [lie] on the people whom they ask to listen to them and to take them seriously.

The leader of the opposition intimates that “Minnis is ‘very partisan’ in his handling of the aftermath of Dorian”, he goes on to suggest that he [Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis] is “not involving the opposition in anything”, this has already proven to be untrue [a lie] as the prime minister and deputy leader of the opposition, Chester Cooper, have been seen combining efforts to bring relief to the people of the country.

So Mr. Davis, go ahead and hold your vote of no confidence because you have already proven yourself to be divisive. 

It is amazing that the leader of the opposition would attempt to ‘sell’ this message to the people at a time when the people, the government, the country and the international community have come together and have resolved to the commitment of the re-building/restoration Grand Bahama and Abaco and all others affected by Hurricane Dorian….all of this while the oppositions sleeps.

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It would appear that the leader of the opposition, the Hon. Philip ‘Brave’ Davis, would do whatever it takes to be prime minister of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, even if it means calling his very own political history into question and putting his political future at risk.
“Opposition to move no confidence motion against PM” – The Nassau Guardian
Excerpt from this article; “Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Leader Philip Brave Davis said last night that the party’s parliamentary caucus intends to move a vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis regarding the Town Centre Mall lease agreement.
Davis was speaking at the final night of the PLP’s convention at the Malia Nassau Beach resort.
‘A prime minister with a conscience would resign,’ Davis told supporters as he addressed the Town Center Mall lease agreement matter.
‘A prime minister who cared about trust and good governance would resign. None of us holding our breath, are we?’
‘So tonight, I want to announce that I will be working with our parliamentary group on a no confidence motion that we intend to introduced in the House of Assembly at the earliest opportunity.’
‘And what we are going to do requires members of the FNM (Free National Movement) to go on the record and vote.’
‘They are going to be forced to demonstrate whether they are….on the side of the Bahamian people.”

First let me point out that not to follow opposition in this foolish exercise does not prove that you do not care about the people, ask Mr. Davis himself about this.
Mr. Davis has set out to reform and rebrand the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), trying to change the perception of the scandal-ridden party as being open, honest and democratic; despite the less than democratic convention it held just last week, which saw Mr. Davis returned as leader after the ‘recommendation’ that his position as leader not be challenged. Now Mr. Davis wishes to call into question the integrity of the members of parliament of the Free National Movement (FNM) with his no confidence motion, an idea actually pitched to him by the Democratic National Alliance (DNA), although he knows, as does everyone, that this motion is dead on arrival. The leader of the oppositions at this time only wishes to paint all who do not support this motion as co-conspirators of sorts that are complicit in various alleged malfeasances which he [Davis] and his party supporters would like to accuse the current prime minister of.
In my opinion, this would be a worthy strategy if it were not being put forth by a Davis led opposition.
First, just let me to say that the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) cannot rebrand itself as a “new”, “democratic” and scandal free political organization with Philip ‘Brave’ Davis as leader, as he himself has to many questions to answer to even think about asking others questions.
He still needs to address the issue of the fire at BAMSI, where a case of the total lack of accountability led to the destruction of one of the government buildings and the subsequent revelation that the building did not have insurance; a requirement of any contractor even before they take control of the site; who was watching the gate?
Mr. Davis promised that ‘heads would roll’ because of this oversight and to date there has been no one held accountable and questions still linger even after much money was paid out.
The $6.5m contract for a new causeway at the Fishing Hole Road. A project that began under the former administration but completed under this government, which they claimed had been completed. There is the question, if it was completed under this government, where did that money go from original contract signed under the previous administration?
A capital project that passed though the minister’s office.
Then we have the Potter’s Cay development whose cost ran from $3.1m to $12m, without explanation and without being completed, another capital project with passed across the ministers desk.
I could go on but I think we all get the idea but just let me say that a person wishing to be prime minister would clear up these matters that cloud his image and the public perception of him.
The member of parliament for Cat Island, Rum Cay and San Salvador, wishes to call others to account but has shown that he is not willing to follow suit.
The leader of the opposition is showing that he wishes to be prime minister [KING] by holding others to account to standards which he himself is not willing to adhere to.

The member of parliament for Cat Island, San Salvador and Rum Cay will never be prime minister [KING] at this rate.

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Senator Fred Mitchell, Chairman of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) continues to prove my assertion of just when you thought that you had reached the ground floor of stupidity/ignorance; there is indeed a basement.
“Statement From Fred Chairman of the PLP on National Review Piece on PLP elections”
Excerpt from this statement; “This morning’s National Review piece in the Nassau Guardian attacking the state of the internal democracy in the PLP has once again not met the test of journalistic standards. The first test to meet the standard of journalism is whether it is true or not.
The article this morning by Candia Dames, Managing Editor of the Nassau Guardian, is simply not true. It is based on a false premise and is adopting the propaganda of the Free National Movement.
Once you begin with a false premise, the entire article on which is based becomes a tissue of lies.
Philip Brave Davis, Leader of the PLP, has hosted three consecutive conventions in two years. To call him undemocratic is outrageous and untrue.”

To tell the God’s honest truth, Senator Fred Mitchell cracks me right up as he desperately looks for someone to blame for the public’s perception of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), as a less than honest political organization, as it now struggles to rebrand itself ahead of the 2022 general elections.
The chairman of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) boasts that Mr. Davis has hosted three consecutive conventions in two years and intimates that this magically makes the PLP a more democratic party but does not seem to appreciate that this does not negate the fact that the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) has suppressed democracy within its very own walls for over nine consecutive years leading up to these three rushed conventions and seems to be on the very same track going into this convention, as the stalwarts and delegates are strongly recommended to not challenge the present leadership.
This is not Free National Movement (FNM) propaganda or anyone else propaganda but rather Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) reality.
During these nine years without a national convention, the PLP’s very own constitution calling for one every year, Mr. Davis, party leader and Senator Fred Mitchell, party chairman, sat quietly but only now seek to be looked upon as democratic as if their past deeds do not count.
The Chairman of the Progressive Liberal Party then goes on to make this very odd statement and does not seem to see the irony in it; “Once you begin with a false premise, the entire article; on which it is based becomes a tissue of lies.” But he must realize two things; one, the PLP’s entire campaign against the government to this point has for the most part been based on false premises and two, the PLP now attempts to build a viable and credible party on an unsound foundation [false premises] and wonders why it is not being received more favorably.
Is Senator/Chairman Mitchell suggesting that he and others were unable to do anything about their undemocratic way or even speak out about it?
Are the leader of the Opposition, Mr. Philip Brave Davis and the Chairman of the Opposition Senator Fred Mitchell suggesting that under the leadership of the Hon. Perry G. Christies they were forced into an undemocratic relationship and rendered powerless and voiceless?
By the way, there is a Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) constitution to be burnt, for those that have problems with constitutions and what they say.
The suggestion within itself is laughable and simply ludicrous and can only be put forth by persons who have NO respect for others and other person’s intelligence.
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“PLP Leader Slam Govt. Over BPL” – The Tribune

Excerpt from this article; “IN the face of Bahamas Power and Light’s continued instabilities, Opposition Leader Philip ‘Brave’ Davis on Friday criticized the Minnis administration’s decision to ‘go away from all’ the plans left in place by the Progressive Liberal Party.

Speaking on the issue on the sidelines of the swearing-in ceremony of Stephen Isaacs as the country’s newest Chief Justice, Mr. Davis insisted the government’s decision to gut critical units at BPL and ‘torch’ sustainability plans introduced by the Christie administration, a sled to ‘massive systematic failures.”

Mr. Leader of the Opposition; EXCUSE YOU!

Exactly which plans left by the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP)?

There must come a time when the Leader of the Opposition must or should be prepared to tell the truth and shame the ‘devil’.

Facts are that Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) formerly The Bahamas Electrical Corporation (BEC) has been poorly maintained and managed under successive governments; this being both past Free National Movement (FNM) and Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) governments.  Due to this poor management and maintenance the demand for electricity has greatly outpaced the ability by the power company to supply it; this has lead to load shedding exercises over the past decades, with each year the situation only getting worst.  The reality at this present moment is that along  with the increased demand on the grid with additions of resorts such as Baha Mar and Albany there are two main generators offline due to certain ‘unfortunate mishaps’ at the plants.  At this time as BPL is attempting to rectify this situation, they are also attempting to keep up with the expected increased summer demand for power without two of its assets.

 So with that in mind, I would like to ask Mr. Davis; Leader of the Official Opposition Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), did the PLP’s plans include and provided for supplying power under these conditions – that is there were really plans at all in the first place.

What I honestly and truly find amazing, is that the opposition neglected their responsibilities in this regard but only now seek to condemn others that are actually working to resolve the very vexing problem; while they seen to concede to having only talked about it.  If there is an honest discussion to be had, we should bring to light the Progressive Liberal Party’s elimination on the payment of fuel surcharge on the cost of electricity that almost crippled the already financially strapped corporation and the corporations difficulties to recover from this decision by a past PLP government.

The Progressive Liberal Party’s (PLP’s) commentary on this matter has ALL been disingenuous, in light of the present conditions at BPL and in the manner in which they had handled the matter when the Leader of the Opposition was in charge of BPL formerly BEC under ‘better’ conditions.

So now they [the PLP] are asking for answers and I ask why weren’t their “wonderful” plans implemented during their administration, when the Leader of the Opposition was in control of the power company?

The Opposition should be ashamed of attempting to take advantage of this situation for political gain given the fact that they were unable to solve the county’s energy problems but we all know that they are not…..these men and women know no shame.

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