We are waiting for the Bell
to ring and I want you to tell them RING THAT BELL!
Mr. Party Leader….
The next MP for Ft. Charotte,
Andre Rollins.
Team Fort Charlotte and
Bahamians Everywhere!
To my growing category five
[5] PLP HURRICANE Are YOU READY?
We have them on the run.
They are ashamed of their
record of running the country almost into the ground having held office for 15
of the last 20 years.
Hubert Ingraham spent much of
his time last week rehashing old stories, spinning untruths, taking the low
road - all in an attempt to distract you the Bahamian people away from the real
issues that impact your lives today.
The same stories in 2002 –
2007 and now again in 2012.
Throwing low blows.
But we have a surprise for
him. And that surprise is that we were and are prepared for blows below the
belt.
The ingredients and mix for our preparation for the blows
were handed to us by Papa Clown himself.
As those blows today are
being deflected and absorbed by the real issues and concern of the Bahamian people,
which were aggravated and made worse by Papa Clown’s Governance …
….- and the pain and
suffering inflicted upon them by his vindictive, reckless and spiteful
policies.
He is desperate, despondent
and dead scared to ring that bell.
I saw Monday’s Nassau
Guardian under the headline: Ingraham hits at Davis over crime comments –
….he decided to come out
against my record and other lawyers’ for representing persons charged with
criminal offenses.
Why single me out?
What about Desmond “Abandoned”
Bannister?
What happened to Carl “Fired”
Bethel?
Or what about Dion “Seasoned
Loser” Foulkes?
What about them who also
represented persons charged with criminal offences?
My experience and
relationship with the administration of the Criminal Justice System for the
past 37 years better equips my colleagues and I to tackle the problems of crime
head-on.
I am not ashamed to say I am
a noted attorney and when I look in the mirror I see someone with exemplary
lawyering skills, which cannot be disputed – even by papa clown. Noted both
locally, regionally and internationally.
In fact, he has personally
benefited mightily and significantly from my lawyering skills.
But yet he spoke spinelessly
about these skills.
What UTTER NONSENSE comes
from the lips of a Prime Minister!
Brave Davis is in his mouth
every time he gets on a stage nowadays.
But he needs to be Brave and
RING THE BELL!
When did he discover that
persons charged with a criminal offence being represented by a lawyer
contribute to a rise in criminal activity?
What is his point here?
Is he now advocating that
persons charged with crimes not have legal representation?
In the words of Kenneth
Russell: Sounds like the mind of a tyrant and dictator to me.
I guess we cannot expect anything
better coming from the lips of Papa Clown.
He speaks in particular of
Samuel ‘Ninety’ Knowles. Why choose him from among the many clients?
I have represented persons
charged with similar offenses who are Hubert Ingraham’s close friends and constituents
- whom he recommended to me - because of my knowledge in the law. Why not call
their names?
Why doesn’t he speak about
the others? Samuel Knowles never confessed to be a drug smuggler and he is
presently serving time and is appealing his convictions in the United States.
On the other hand, a
“confessed drug smuggler” is being facilitated and entertained by Papa Clown
and his circus.
In fact, PAPA CLOWN has been
rewarding this individual.
He was given the rights to
operate a fixed base operation - to operate his own private terminal at the
North Eleuthera Airport.
And recently, he was sworn in
as a Justice of the Peace, with the blessing of Hubert Ingraham [Papa Clown].
That person is Abner Pinder
of Spanish Wells.
His name and confession is
recorded in this report – The 1984 Commission of Inquiry.
It is in the book! [Show
BOOK]
The book also speaks about
GORDA CAY. And perhaps Papa CLOWN MAY WISH TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THIS CAY.
Papa Clown memory may be
long, and so is mine.
Your lust for power and
maintaining power is clouding your head and loosening your screws.
Getting nasty and low.
How could it come from his
mouth that lawyers' representation of criminals is contributing to the state of
decay of the country today?
As I said earlier, he has
been at the helm of this country for 15 of the past 20 years and has served as
Prime Minister for the last five.
What example has he set for
abiding or adhering to the law?
Civility is absence from his
conduct. This is widely known.
He breaks the law!
He fails to declare to the
Public Disclosure Commission, when the law requires him to do so.
He fails to table a Midterm
Budget when the law requires him to do so as Minister of Finance.
It is your time to look in
the mirror Papa Clown, what do you see? A Prime Minister breaking the law?
It is no wonder Hubert
Ingraham cannot talk about crime.
Hubert Ingraham and the FNM
are like the paralytic man. They are motionless when it comes to correcting the
problem of crime in the Bahamas.
And here are the facts:
Since the FNM took office,
four hundred and forty four persons [444] have been murdered in cold blood on
the streets of the Bahamas.
And unlike the excuse given
by Mr. Ingraham, those victims are not all involved in any drug activity.
That young banker, committed
family man and churchman, killed in his driveway on Friday past was not
involved in drugs!
That young woman who was
killed while nursing her young baby while visiting the country again was NOT
DRUG RELATED!
Nor was the attack on a guest
to this country, who was robbed of a cell phone and then shot dead, connected
to drug activity.
Your sweeping generalization,
Mr. Ingraham, against young innocent victims of these crimes is one BIG FAT
lie!
Fort Charlotte it gets worse…
There are as many as three
hundred and five – 305 – persons out on bail for murder right now.
But take a look at this.
Because this government is
utterly incapable of bringing murder cases to trial within a reasonable time
period, fewer than 25 convictions for murder cases have taken place in nearly
five years.
Fort Charlotte,
Our Bahamas is headed in the
wrong direction.
They are clueless.
They are lost and are not
living up to their primary obligation to protect the Bahamian people!
Mr. Ingraham!
You and the FNM have failed
us miserably!
And it is time to VOTE THEM
OUT!
When you elect your next PLP
Government, you will be electing a team that
BELIEVES IN YOU!
And Fort Charlotte we need
Andre Rollins on that team.
We in the PLP understand that
the state of our economy is directly linked to the high levels of violence and
criminal activity. Not until we fix the problems of crime will we find
successful solutions to our economic woes.
Only the PLP has presented
ideas for reducing violence, for putting Bahamians first, and for expanding our
economy.
Our Bahamian people need get
back to work.
Our 21st Century Classrooms
project, a public-private partnership, will give the needed stimulus back into
our economy.
We will modernize and upgrade
our classrooms and schools across the nation, creating jobs now
–
for architects,
engineers, green energy experts, those in the construction trades
–
–
and it is part of our plan to
revolutionize education in The Bahamas, so that we can attract and build and
keep 21st century jobs.
Not just our students need
our support – Bahamian workers need the government’s support, too.
Therefore, when elected, we
will also announce the Worker Retraining Initiative, our plan to dramatically
expand access to retraining programs and work opportunities.
These are just a few of our
solutions to getting people back to work.
And so Fort Charlotte we come
tonight to lift the hand of our PLP son in this community.
Andre Rollins, along with our
team of young men and women, believes in safe streets.
We believe in investing in
the Bahamian people.
We and the PLP believe in
Young People. He is a young man and from what I see he is ready to serve you.
Fort Charlotte: It is time to
register. I need every one of you under the sound of my voice, whether by radio
or at this rally tonight, who have not done so as yet to do so now in order to
get rid of the FNM!
You must register to vote
PLP.
Because it ain’t long now.
Fort Charlotte:
Come with us as we set a
course to Put Bahamians Back to Work!
Come with us as we point
young Bahamians into an era of prosperity and growth!
Come with us as we build our
nation and restore Opportunity to thousands of our countrymen and women.
Come with us as we restore
JOB OPPORTUNITIES back into this economy and new business opportunities for all
our people.
Come with us, and send to
Parliament our Brave man Andre Rollins!
