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Bahamian Politics
Dr. Minnis: Another Week of PLP’s Failure to Act
By Dr. Hubert Minnis, Leader of the Opposition
Jun 20, 2016 - 10:55:17 AM

Dr. Minnis, Leader of the Free National Movement (FNM), issued the following statement on another week of the PLP’s failure to act:

“Once again this week we saw the PLP Government fail to give any concrete plans on how they are going to solve the many problems that have come to light in the previous four years. This week’s Budget Communications were full of more empty rhetoric and broken promises. As we start to finish up the budget debate this week I challenge the Government to offer real solutions for the Bahamian people.

“Hopefully they will offer a well thought out plan to address the growing debt. Will they finally have a plan that ends our country’s two straight years of negative economic growth? Or will they finally address the massive unemployment created by the stalled Baha Mar debacle and deliver the 5,000 good paying jobs they promised?

“We have seen the murder rate take a record breaking spike the past four years yet there is no solid plan to address it. The Bahamian people are scared to leave their houses at night due to the ever increasing crime wave. Will this Government finally take this week to offer the Bahamian people a real plan of action for the vexing crime epidemic that is plaguing this country?”

“It is our hope that this Government will finally rise to the challenge which they themselves have helped to create in our country. No more empty rhetoric or continued broken promises. This week will be a true test of whether the PLP has any meaningful plans to get The Bahamas back on track.”