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Dr. Minnis: PLP Government’s Discovery of Transparency and Accountability
By The Free National Movement
Nov 24, 2016 - 6:27:47 PM

Nassau, Bahamas - Dr. Minnis, Leader of the Free National Movement (FNM), issued the following statement:

“After nearly five long years in power, with his political support vanishing and his back against the wall as his government staggers from scandal after scandal, Prime Minister Christie has finally discovered accountability and transparency. They have decided to look back six years for it, not over the past four and a half years of their Government. It was not the growing scandal of the land and fisheries giveaway to the Chinese, nor the blow back from his secret deals with his Chinese allies on Baha Mar, the Bank of The Bahamas, BAMSI, the interference with the Magistrate and Urban Renewal, or the fact the FNM has long called for transparency and accountability reforms that caused this revelation. No, this enlightened revelation is coming because it is the political season and he wants to distract Bahamians from their current problems.”

“On behalf of the Bahamian people we simply ask Prime Minister Christie to prove his true intentions. If he has truly embraced the FNM reform agenda of transparency and accountability he can immediately release all the details and documents related to his secret deals he has made with his Chinese allies. That includes having the Courts to unseal his secret Baha Mar deal. The people demand it.”

“This would be a remarkable turn even for the politically nimble embattled Prime Minister because he has remained defiantly silent on the secret Baha Mar deal and all his deals with his Chinese allies. His silence has been deafening and the Bahamian people simply want to know the truth. We welcome the Prime Minister and his PLP Government to bring transparency to government and previous government decisions but we demand everyone be held accountable including the PLP Government of the past four and a half years. We will all soon learn if this is another stunt from a desperate, embattled politician or a true late in his term conversion.”