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Minnis: Christie continues to sell false hope on Baha Mar
Jan 17, 2016 - 10:27:17 PM

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While thousands of Baha Mar employees remain out of work and Bahamian contractors are owed millions of dollars for work done at the Cable Beach resort, Prime Minister Christie continues to sell false hope. This is sad. For months now, Christie and his failing government have promised the completion of the construction and the opening of Baha Mar. Christie is a proven talk first, think later, leader. As a result of the government's missteps, Baha Mar has become a national burden and an international embarrassment for our country. Former Baha Mar board members have repeatedly presented the facts that connect Christie and his government's poor decision-making which created this daunting delay saga. At a time when so many Bahamians are hurting, we have a prime minister shuffling in dreamland, detached from the glaring realities. WE NEED CHANGE.

At the core of the FNM's platform is the empowerment of Bahamians and entrepreneurship. A newly elected FNM government will strengthen foreign investment policies to ensure that what occurred at Baha Mar is not repeated. While strategic efforts will be made by a newly elected FNM government to attract global investors, the NEW BAHAMAS, cannot be so desperately dependent on foreign investment. The FNM Government will create opportunities to promote and enhance more Bahamian ownership.

Prime Minister Christie should stop shuffling with empty optimism on the Baha Mar matter and offer greater substance and sensitivity. Christie's false predictions make a mockery of the situation and the Bahamian people. The state of Baha Mar is yet another painful reminder that we literally have thousands of Bahamians jobless and the very leader they hired in 2012 has stubbornly refused to work on their behalf.

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