Bahamian Politics
Dr. Minnis responds to Min. Wilchcombe's comments on crime
By Dr. Hubert Minnis, Leader of the Opposition
Jun 17, 2016 - 5:25:05 PM

Nassau, Bahamas - Dr. Minnis, Leader of the Free National Movement (FNM), issued the following statement regarding Minister Wilchcombe’s comments on the crime problems:

Why does it take damage control for this PLP Government to finally acknowledge that the Bahamas is gripped with a growing crime epidemic where our murder rate has hit record highs in the last two years? Yet even when forced to admit that the latest tragic murders are not ‘unusual’ the PLP reverts to form with Minister Wilchcombe pointing fingers and brazenly blaming the hardworking Bahamian people for their failures. Why should everyone else be blamed for the PLP’s failed leadership to fix the record setting murder rates in the past four years?

Hardworking Bahamians are scared to leave their houses and they are being told by this Government that they shouldn’t even do normal tasks such as go to the bank without bringing back-up, yet this Government thinks they are to blame for these problems. There has been a record setting 514 murders under this PLP Government, but instead of offering solutions they look to shift responsibility and place blame. The Bahamian people are fed up, they are sick and tired of their blame game, and they want results.

The PLP ran in 2012 on lowering the murder rate in The Bahamas and they have had years to deliver on those promises. Instead crime has gotten markedly worse and is infecting every neighbourhood and community. Where is this Government’s promised plan? Where is the PLP’s promised progress and results? Scapegoating the Bahamian people won’t fix our problems.

Minister Wilchcombe owes the people of The Bahamas an apology. And this Government owes the people a concrete plan of action that will finally start to stem the tide of the growing violence they have ignored for far too long.

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