“BPL’s Elite List ‘Just A Privilege” – The Tribune 18 September 2017

Excerpt from this article; “FORMER Bahamas Electricity Corporation Executive Chairman Leslie Miller said yesterday there is a nothing ‘unusual’ about parliamentarians, top civil servants and churches being placed on a special ‘do not disconnect’ list at Bahamas Power and Light.

In fact, Mr. Miller claimed the list has been around since the 1970’s and remained in place through both the Free National Movement and Progressive Liberal Party governments.

The Tribune understands at least one serving FNM Cabinet minister and two former PLP Cabinet ministers currently owe BPL more than $10,000.”

While Leslie Miller is making it known that the existence of a ‘BPL Elite List’ is nothing new, the leader of the Opposition Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Philip ‘Brave’’ Davis is in another room making another statement, which seems to be rather odd.

“Davis denies knowledge of BPL list” – The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article; “Leader of the Opposition and former Minister of Works Philip Davis yesterday denied any knowledge of a special list at Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) for politicians who were not to be disconnected for non-payment.

Yesterday The Tribune revealed names and the amounts allegedly owed by several former and current parliamentarians who were on the list.

‘I was not aware of that and that it would not have been policy that I would have adopted.” Davis said.” But it was policy that he did adopt, although he is now intimating that he did so with even knowing.

Again as the leader of the Opposition Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) attempts to distance himself from this ‘practice’, the former attorney general  of the former Progressive Liberal Party government makes it seem that either the leader of the opposition is totally unaware of what is going on around him or just lying.

“Maynard-Gibson: BPL list ‘not unusual’ – The Nassau Guardian 23 Sept 2017

Excerpt from this article; “Former Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson said yesterday while she was unaware of the list at Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) that exempted individuals from having their electricity supply disconnected despite non payment, it is ‘not unusual’.

Here we have the former attorney general denying the knowledge of such a list but willing to chime in that if such a list existed then there was nothing ‘unusual’ about it.  Let us say for a moment that she was unaware of said list, as she was unaware of the study into Rubis gas leak which her government commissioned and probably thought her office, how can she go on to condone such a practice?

She then goes on to defend persons privacy on said list; “She suggested that the list contained private information that should not have been publicized as she questioned the purpose of its release.”

Many question the purpose of much that was released under the former government; especially right before election but this is a story for another day.  Today, there is a point to be made and this is that ‘‘policy’ has changed or is being corrected and not longer will those that are able to pay their bills have their bills paid for by those struggling to keep food on the table, let alone the lights on.

The former administration has begun to spin the whole issue of ‘the list; and their spin is…”What’s the big deal?” As the former attorney general says it is ‘not unusual’.  Well the big deal is that no longer will the average citizen be made to suffer while those of means are given a free ride; this does not even make sense.

Indeed, the time has come to name names of persons who have taken advantage of their positions in the system, no matter what party they may have been attached to and letting the chips fall where they may.

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This morning it was my intent to comment on Progressive Liberal Party’s (PLP) member of parliament’s Chester Copper’s demands for an answer on disaster insurance, wherein he claims that the Minnis administration wasted money when it renewed the Caribbean Catastrophic Risk Insurance (CCRIF) which was cancelled under the Christie administration due to its high premiums and low payouts; to me typical of insurance.  I was wondering that due to the cancellation of the policy under the Christie administration, which saw the country having to borrow large amounts of money for restoration efforts; was Mr. Cooper going to demand answers as to the whereabouts of funds that had gone basically unaccounted for but I have deiced to give him the time to think about he is trying to say, as another subject surfaced over the past weekend which I found much more troubling.

Fred Mitchell’s rant shortly after the general election, which he likened them [the general elections] to nothing more than a game of sorts resurfaced in another form as I conversed with a Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) stalwart who refused to see the failure of the of both referenda (Gaming and Gender) as an indictment on the Progressive Liberal Party but as he would rather believe it was more of a sign that the Bahamian people at large just being afraid of change. 

It is my opinion that this myopic view by the ‘old guard’ of the PLP will continue to be the downfall of that party, preventing its progression, even as Chester Copper attempts to change the narrative of the party’s focus in the eyes if the Bahamian electorate’s view, there will always be persons like Senator Fred Mitchell who will refuse to allow the party to move forward….progress.

My opinion, is that the old guard and those with the same said mentality fail to realize that the main reason that the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) lost the last election so resoundingly was not that person were afraid of change; as they did change governments, voting out persons in areas that persons never thought would change, two areas being the Fox Hill and Centerville and Farm Roads, areas where persons were confident that would never change but yet they did.

It is clear that the Bahamian electorate lost all confidence in the Progressive Liberal Party’s ability at the time to successfully run the country but yet Senator Fred Mitchell still wishes to continue to return the country to a Progressive Liberal Party that just does not seem to know why they lost the general election and thereby wish to carry on with business as usual.

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

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The past week has been a trying one for most but today it is a day to be thankful.

If you believe in God or not; it is still a time to be thankful as for the most part, The Bahamas has been spared the destruction of Hurricane Irma ; a powerful category 4 and at times 5 hurricane that tore through parts of The Caribbean, leaving some islands simply decimated.

As I said, the country of The Bahamas was spared for the most part; as there was a quick move to evacuate the Southern Islands which would be most affected by the storm and we now stand ready and prepared to assist those that lost almost everything, like those in Ragged Island but it would seem that some did not see the fortunate side of how we faired, as they seek to make the effects of the hurricane; especially the possible economic impact political.

Many looked toward the Fergusons as source of international embarrassment for the country; as this family did some odd things as Irma approached but in the grand scheme of things these actions are totally explainable but nothing is more shameful than persons who go out of their way to ‘create’ a situation to criticize another person for.

The following excerpt is taken from the social media page of ‘Bahamian Jedi’, sponsored by whomever but for some reason heavily promoted by Obie Roberts, son of the chairman of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), Bradley Roberts.

“LYING HUBERT MINNIS AND THE FNM GOVERNMENT, AIN’T KARMA A BITCH”

“The hotels were evacuated from Wednesday/Thursday and ALL port were closed for the last 4 days…supplies or tourist in…no supplies or tourist export.

So virtually no economic activity beyond the super markets, lumber yards and gas stations.  The govt. clearly lost in an excess of $100 million.  The govt. will have to offer tax concessions for affected islands This will only exacerbate the $722 million already as more money will be borrowed to defray government operations.

Much of what the govt. has planned for this fiscal year will have to be scrapped.  The money will simply not be there.  But let us watch Minnis and Turnquest explain this one away.

They pretend this scenario did not happen under the PLP govt. with Joaquin and Matthew.  They called it mismanagement and teifin.

Karma is indeed a bitch.

GET RID OF THE FNM CREW IN 2022”

One thing that I would agree with in this is, “….let us watch Minnis and Turnquest….” As is clear that this government deals with situation in a totally different manner than the government before it, but as for the “explain this one away”, what is this young man on and it is clear that he is still in the ‘dark’ as to why the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) was voted out.

What is there “to explain away”?

What I find worrisome here is that Mr. Roberts seems to be suggesting that it was silly to shut down the country in the first place but trying to give him some intellectual credit, I think he is trying to make a prima facie case as to why the PLP tanked the economy in wake of hurricanes Joaquin and Matthew but what he and others within that political organization seem to fail to realize is that a total lack of accountability by the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) government as it led to the monies borrowed for hurricane relief and other purposes was the main reason why that party was voted out as government. 

This lack of accountability brought great suspicion on the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) government and these suspicions linger to this day as Mr. Roberts attempts to make a case for why the economy was downgraded four times under the PLP and what he must realize is that many are happy that they are not the government of the day.

Mr. Roberts seems to want to make a preemptive strike against the Minnis led administration, when he should at the very least allow to let the first  ‘shoe’ drop first, a very foolish move; I wonder who is advising this young man?

The Progressive Liberal Party continues to fail for one reason, it is their nature.

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It is really sad and pathetic when anyone will make a statement without any supporting evidence, to further a political agenda; to me this is tantamount to ‘fear mongering’, especially in light of what should be considered good news.

“Davis is ‘relieved’ that downgrade avoided’ – The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article; “Opposition Leader Philip Brave Davis said yesterday though he is relieved that international ratings agency Moody’s has spared The Bahamas another downgrade, he is taking a wait and see approach because the government has yet to provide a cohesive fiscal plan for the county.

Speaking to The Nassau Guardian, Davis said, ‘I am relieved by what happened.

‘I can now say that I can breathe a sigh of relief on it.

‘What I note is that a key factor will be the revision of our GDP.”

‘We have suspected all along that our economy is larger than how [it] was showing and it appears that, that position may bear more fruit when the Department of Statistics revises the status of our GDP.’

On Friday, Moody’s confirmed the country’s Baa3 rating.

However, the ratings giant has changed the country’s economic outlook from stable to negative.”

It would appear that anytime the Leader of The Opposition or anyone in his party gets caught not knowing what to say, when they really should be saying nothing at all, they resort to the language of ‘gloom and doom’,  this is amusing, because this is exactly what they had once accused the Free National Movement (FNM) of when in opposition, at which time they warned the then Christie administration of the missteps they were taking as it related to the economy, which led to four downgrades and here they are at it again as we have avoided yet another downgrade, with the possibility of at the very least, stabilizing the economic down fall brought about by the Christie administration.

In this ‘doom and gloom; language of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), the country, if the Minnis administration were to take the austerity measures which it took, which was partly the reason for the down grade being avoided, the county was supposed to have experienced another recession  but what does Davis say about these measures?

Referring to these plans announced by the Minnis administration and their impact on the Moody’s decision, Davis said, ‘I know that the report has spoken to that but what you have to look at is that those announcements that they made were not made during the budget debate.

‘And so, I have to treat that as suspect because it was always our view that the government, the way they talked down the economy, and I think this report speaks to that as well, how the government pictured our economy; and so I suspect these Moody’s people, what they have intended because of what they heard, the government than said that they are going to issue what I call these austerity measures.”

 …..What?!

It is my understanding that certain cut backs were announced [austerity measures] and carried out by the Minnis administration, as it related to attempts to stabilize the economy and as Mr. Davis admits he was fully aware of them and it would seem as if they may have a positive effect, so exactly what is he [Mr. Davis] talking about when he seems to struggles to make an issue of them not being in the Budget Communication?

Maybe former Minister of State for Finances, Michael Halkitis can shed some light on what is going on here.

“Former Minister of State for Finance Michael Halkitis said yesterday that the Christie administration was on the correct course with managing the country’s finances during the it’s term.

As a guest on Guardian Radio’s ‘Morning Blend’ with host Dwight Strachan, Halkitis said, ‘I believe we were on the right track.

‘Hurricane Matthew threw everything out of whack.

Before Hurricane Matthew we were headed for a [GFS] deficit of under $100 million, ‘Hurricane Mathew came in and devastated the country; devastated the economy and devastated the revenue of the government.’

The major storm ravaged parts if The Bahamas in October 2016 to the tune of an estimated $600 million, according to the Christie administration.” 

So now Mr. Halkitis brings us to another sour spot for the Christie administration as he seems to make an attempt to clear his name; that lingering question of exactly what happened to the money borrowed to aid in hurricane relief that he claims ‘devastated the economy’? 

Then there is the question; how many of these downgrades occurred between the period when Value-Added Tax (VAT) was introduced and proclaimed to be exceeding all expectations and Hurricane Matthew?

It is clear that while Mr. Davis claims relief over the country avoiding another downgrade, as he has overseen four while being Deputy Prime Minister, he also seems to attempt to make an issue out of a non-issue, while Mr. Halkitis does his best to clear his ‘good name’.

 The Progressive Liberal Party continues to fail for one reason, it is their nature.

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In what can only be seen as the height of hypocrisy or the lows of duplicity, the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) now calls for ‘justice and fair play’, after the recent arrests of several former PLP Cabinet members on charges of extortion and bribery but like former PLP member of parliament for Marathon once warned; if you touch one then you touch all, or something to that effect and personally I have no problem with this notion at all.

“PLP considering demonstration in anniversary of Sir Lynden’s death” – The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article; “Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Senator Fred Mitchell said he party is considering holding a ‘mass gathering’ of supporters on August 26 in protest of the recent arrest and alleged ‘mistreatment’ of the former PLP parliamentarians.

‘As a result of the mistreatment of those people who are our former members of Parliament and senators, a lot of people have been asking for us to do some form of public demonstration,’ said Mitchell during a PLP branch meeting in Dundas Town, Abaco on Saturday.

‘I’m thinking that the anniversary of the death of [former Prime Minister the late] Sir Lynden Pindling comes up on the 26^th of August.  So we are thinking of having a mass gathering and a march to the mausoleum of Sir Lynden on the 26^th of August, which is a Saturday”

So now the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) seeks to, through the memory of the party’s former leader and the country’s first prime Minister, Sir Lynden Pindling, invoke some sort of sympathy in attempt to rally its base, which has all about abandoned them by calling for “Justice & Fair Play” – two things that the previous Christie administration knew nothing of; as they did what they wanted, when they wanted with no regard for the voice of the people whom they represented; only suing democracy when it benefitted them, that is at their convenience.

Senator Fred Mitchell and the rest of the Progressive Liberal Party seem to be no more than a shell of themselves; weak and frightened persons still hiding in the ‘shadow’ of Sir Lynden Pindling, afraid to stand on their own as they firmly grasping onto his coat tails in fear that they may ‘fall’ if they were to attempt to walk on their own.

It is indeed fitting that Senator Mitchell would make this announcement, the ‘mass gathering’ and all for “Justice & Fair Play” probably being his idea, one side note; wasn’t he the very same person that wished to violate the constitution of The Bahamas by revealing the private information of private citizens in the House of Assembly but then to look at his record, we must remember this is the very same man that set fire to the Constitution of The Bahamas under the fig tree outside The Supreme Court, saying “I intend to smite every enemy that dares to launch against me”, he was always one for the dramatic, in his attempt to become known at that time and to remain relevant today. 

I say that this must have been Senator’s Mitchell idea and bring up the fact that he seeks to remains relevant as there is also an announcement of the upcoming Progressive Liberal Party’s convention, October 22^nd through the 25^th.

I again ask whose agenda is Senator Mitchell fulfilling and whose interest does he serve?

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 “Mitchell: Public service verification exercise farcical” – The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article; “Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Senator Fred Mitchell yesterday called on the government to rethink its ‘farcical’ employee verification exercise.

Mitchell said it is ‘ridiculous and laughable’ to expect Governor General Dame Marguerite Pindling, among others, to identify herself to the treasurer of The Bahamas or have their pay interrupted.

He said it is an ‘indignity’ to require ordinary Bahamians to stand in line to ‘prove who they are.”

I would just like to take the time to make a note of the fact that a  process intended to make an attempt to clean up the system and make it more effective and cost efficient is seen as ‘farcical’ by the Progressive Liberal Party’s (PLP) senator.

As it pertains to the Governor General Dame Marguerite Pindling, among others, to identify herself/themselves  to the treasurer of The Bahamas or have their pay interrupted my question is if she is being paid by the government i.e. from the public purse, why so it be an ‘indignity’ for her to verify but of course Senator Mitchell would like to paint the picture of Governor General Dame Marguerite Pindling, standing on a line in the hot sun at C. R. Walker in order to comply with this new requirement of government employees but only Mr. Mitchell can paint such a picture of ‘gloom and doom’ which would be so far from the truth.

Also, the senator claims it in order for these persons to prove who they are but I dare to say that this process is about so much more than just this, but more of a process to verify that these persons who have checks going out every week and every month are actually still employed by the government and are still alive.

What is really ‘ridiculous, laughable and farcical’  is that Senator Mitchell actually took the time to come up with an argument against this process to clean up the public service pay roll, which sees money paid out, which the country can no longer afford, to persons that do not deserve it.

It is obvious that the senator seems to no longer have anything of worth to contribute to the national discourse and the forward progress of the national and should just simply walk away from it all.

Who is Senator Mitchell speaking for?

Whose concerns is he actually addressing?

Who does he represent?

One last point and yes I can get ‘dead’ petty with persons that seek to be ignorant and petty, with that being said I would just like to say I wish that I was the person to personally have to sign off on Senators Mitchell not being paid if he wishes to defy the verification requirement.

“Fred who?”

Maybe then he would really get the true appreciation of the concept of “tit-for-tat”.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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