“I made mistakes – I’m only human – Humble Minnis confesses to errors as PM” – The Tribune

Excerpt form this article; “WHILE admitting he sometimes gets it wrong and does not communicate as best he could, Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis said there have been many ‘tough’ days since the Free National Movement was elected to govern the country earlier this year.

And two weeks after he lambasted members of the media at the Bahamas Press Club awards banquet for sometimes ‘blurring’ the lines between reporting and commentary, Dr. Minnis said constructive criticism is necessary to help those govern ‘become better leaders’.

“God knows, God truly knows I have made some mistakes,’ Dr. Minnis said as he addressed parishioners at a local church yesterday morning.  ‘God knows that sometimes I get it wrong.”

Indeed, there seems to be times when we all get it wrong and as the prime minister said he is only human, we get that but there are some things that we as citizens just are baffled by when they arise and become problems, because from our vantage point which may be one of ‘comfort’ these issues should have never become issues.

The first being the Commercial Enterprises Bill (2017), many have criticized the bill as being one that favors foreigners over Bahamians and the only argument that they have to support this position is the poorly worded bill itself.  If the bill had been properly laid out and presented to the public before it was tabled in the House of Assembly, then we just may not be at this point wherein we still have people not trusting the bill and now beginning to lose trust in the Free National Movement (FNM) as a government.  It is strange that as the prime minister now admits to making mistakes, he should sit back and also realize that this one did not have to be made because it was one that the former Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) administration was constantly chastised for; not consulting with the people and keeping the people’s business private from the people.  How do you seek to be an open and transparent government and commit this ‘mistake’?

Then there is the issue of the Marathon member of Parliament, Romauld Ferreira and the transfer of some of his responsibilities to the Prime Minister’s portfolio, if the explanation as given by the attorney general is valid, then this did not have to become an issue.  Mr. Prime Minister, if you admit to the fact that you do ‘not communicate as best [as you] could’, please recognize the fact that you have a press secretary, a chairman of the party along with two deputy chairman and five vice chairman, there is no need for you to get caught up in these explanations at all when it would have been simple for one of these persons to prepare the necessary press release when this first looked as if it was going to become an issue, the entire problem could have been avoided.

Yes, Mr. Prime Minister it is commendable for you to admit that you have made mistakes and since we have reached this point there will be those of us that will see if you will learn from these mistakes and do not repeat them or be like your predecessor when he made a statement similar to this, and only pay the country lip service.

It is my opinion that some mistakes do not have to be made but then I do not know all the circumstances surrounding the events that led to these mistakes but for them to be repeated would be unforgivable.

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