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Sidney Collie on Minister Nottage Comments on Crime at the PLP Convention
By The Free National Movement
Jan 26, 2017 - 11:58:58 PM

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Nassau, Bahamas - Sidney Collie, Chairman of the Free National Movement (FNM), issued the following statement on Minister Nottage’s comments on crime at the PLP Convention:

“To see the PLP – after years of inept leadership as violence took hold of our communities – talk up their crime accomplishments is astounding. The PLP has all but ignored sound ideas and plans to strike at the heart of the growing crime epidemic and then turned a blind eye as the murder rate hit record highs year after year. Not only did they ignore our peoples’ cries for help they ignored repeated international warnings and dismissed other countries when they issued travel warnings to their citizens. They have had years to do something, and they have done nothing. And now our people are suffering the tragic consequences of their ineptitude.

“So it comes as a shock to us all when the tone-deaf Minister Nottage declared that this PLP Government is the best to combat crime. How can that be? Under their watch sexual assaults are all too frequent, the murder rate has hit dubious records, and we have seen crime infiltrate our schools and more and more people live in fear. The PLP proves that you can’t fix a problem when you choose to ignore it!

“The PLP’s convention offers up their typical platitudes and their bizarre view of our country. But they cannot deny the feelings of the people they should be serving and protecting. The FNM will work together with law enforcement and our communities to rip crime out at its roots. We will develop a strong plan that properly trains and equips our police, collaborate with church leaders and educators who know their communities, and bring them together with social workers and community leaders. Our goal will always be to empower the people, not ignore them. We will work every day to make all our communities safe and secure for the people because they deserve nothing less from their leaders.”

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