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From:TheBahamasWeekly.com Bahamian Politics “The Prime Minister proved again why he does not know how to reinvigorate the tourism industry. After years of failure in getting Baha Mar open the Prime Minister finally admitted that his government is relegated to just ‘observing and energising’ the negotiations designed to open the Baha Mar project. This project is vital to our economy; every day 5,000 Bahamians are sitting idly by awaiting the jobs that were promised by the Prime Minister. Instead of producing jobs, the resort sits closed, while the property continues to accumulate a high electricity bill.” “The Prime Minister refuses to give any concrete plans on how the government is going to speedup the Baha Mar construction. He continues to use empty rhetoric time and time again to saythat he will do something but all we have seen is him breaking his promises.” “The PLP Government is more concerned about pushing its agenda during the recent referendum than to pay attention to our tourism industry. On top of not engaging in the negotiations to open Baha Mar, the failure of the PLP Leadership to reduce crime rates has lead two countries to issue travel warnings to tourists planning to visit our beautiful country. This has lead to the Central Bank reporting that The Bahamas’ tourism sector was slowing over the first quarter of this year and the prospects for the future are not any better.” “What has the PLP Government been able to manage properly? 1. The Referendum? No 2. Bah Mar? No 3. The Tourism Industry? No The PLP is just full of broken promises and empty rhetoric. In the FNM vision, Bah Mar is more that a “wait and see” proposition.”
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Dr. Minnis, Leader of the Free National Movement (FNM), issued the following statement regarding the Prime Minister’s comments on Baha Mar: