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Bahamian Politics Last Updated: Mar 29, 2017 - 7:18:16 PM


Deputy Opposition Leader Turnquest on the Landfill Situation
By The Free National Movement
Mar 29, 2017 - 7:16:45 PM

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Nassau, Bahamas - Peter Turnquest, Free National Movement (FNM) Deputy Leader, issued the following statement regarding the government’s plan for the landfill:

“After nearly a month of turmoil it seems as though we are far from a solution to the landfill disaster. This PLP government says they are now constructing an RFP for someone to take over this long-standing calamity—an RFP they say will be issued ‘as soon as possible’. We can only hope this isn’t simply another broken promise the Christie government is making to inspire false hope, but given their track record my confidence in resolve is minimal at best.

“While the government continues to serve up empty rhetoric, citizens in Jubilee Gardens and surrounding communities have been forced from their homes, they are exposed to daily health hazards, and their school days have been disrupted. In the midst of these unacceptable conditions, the PLP carries on with their election-season promises, casually tossing out false hopes for a resolution. People’s lives have been turned upside down – where is this Government’s sense of urgency? Five years of lofty promises but no follow through. Five years of dismissive, callous disinterest to Bahamians who suffering like the families impacted by the landfill disaster.

“The FNM will act with a sense of urgency when our families are in trouble.
We will develop a multi-tiered plan that includes the necessary expenditures to correct and enhance our waste management infrastructure and processes.

We will seek to line up the world’s most talented engineers who have mitigated waste management issue in all parts of the world to work side by side with us to fix these problems once and for all. Our plan will also focus on educational campaigns centered on waste management practices such as proper recycling in order to build long-term stability of our landfills. This is not a time for inaction, it is a time for bold responses, and the cost for doing nothing today will be ten fold if fail to act today. Bahamians’ quality of life is a precious resource that deserves the upmost care and attention to ensure its not wasted. After five years of PLP casual disinterest, and empty rhetoric and broken promises the Bahamian people can ill-afford another five years of PLP rule.”

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