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Last Updated: Feb 13, 2017 - 1:45:37 AM |
 It has now become clearer than ever before, that Prime Minister Perry Christie has abandoned any pretenses that he or his administration has any intention of addressing the myriad of pressing national issues facing this country.
Last week, the Prime Minister again proved that he is concerned only with his personal comfort and legacy as a political figure, announcing plans to construct new Parliamentary facilities and a residence for the Prime Minister.
Clearly, he has chosen to abandon the many issues which his party promised to confront while on the campaign trail. Promises of increased employment; promises of mortgage relief; promises of improved crime fighting and immigration measures and promises of economic stability have all taken a back seat to the Prime Minister’s pet projects; the first of which included the disastrous “referendum” on gaming and most recently his push for new Parliamentary facilities and a residence for the Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister’s comments prove yet again, that the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), despite their “Believe in Bahamians” election mantra, cannot be trusted to make the needs of the country a priority.
In a Bahamas where struggling men and women continue to lose their jobs and their homes, the Prime Minister is choosing to agitate for grander political edifices.
Even worse, while making these pronouncements, the Prime Minister failed to provide the public with an estimated timeline or a proposed budget; even asserting during his remarks that matters of Parliamentary concern should not be limited by budgetary demands. How, during the worst economic recession in recent memory can a Prime Minister justify using scarce government resources on what can only be described as an unnecessary luxury? The question is asked, how can the Prime Minister make such a comment and yet speaks to adding taxes in the form of Value Added Tax (VAT) on the backs of the Bahamian people? The Prime Minister has stipulated on many occasions that the country needs money. The fact of the matter is the country is broke! So Mr. Prime Minister, we in the DNA ask…show us the money!
Rather than implement policies to restrict reckless government spending, this administration is choosing to wastefully spend tax payer dollars while simultaneously increasing the tax burden on the middle class and the poor among us.
While the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) cannot deny the need for a modern House of Parliament and a residence for the Prime Minister, such concerns pale in comparison to the far more critical issues facing Bahamians today!
Since taking office the government has failed time and time again to get its priorities in order. The time has come for this PLP administration and its leaders to put aside their personal ambitions and inclinations and truly live up to the expectations of the electorate by putting the needs of the Bahamian people and this country FIRST. The time has long past for good governance in this country.
Branville McCartney
DNA Leader
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