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Last Updated: Feb 13, 2017 - 1:45:37 AM |
Nassau, Bahamas - Dr. Minnis, Leader of the Free National Movement (FNM), issued the following statement on the recent spurt of murders:
“It is with great sorrow that I extend mine and the FNM’s sympathy to the families affected by the recent spurt of murders. It is truly a sad day in The Bahamas when our children are involved and killed or shot in shootings in their neighbourhoods. Our children should feel safe and not under the constant fear of being innocently caught up in shootings while innocently coming back from the water pump.”
“We at the FNM believe our people are more than numbers. Numbers can lie, as the PLP Government’s rosy outlook proves. The PLP have been in celebration mood that the murder rate is lower than the historical high of last year. The PLP Government should try to convince the 74 families who lost their family members to murder this year that things are getting better. To the PLP those people are numbers, to the FNM they are tragic victims of a leaderless government that spends more time on rosy PR than on truly solving problems.”
“We have a message for this government. Crime is literally killing our communities. We at the FNM believe every Bahamian life matters and we will fight and work every day to ensure our children, our mothers, our fathers don’t continue to become tragic statistics.”
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