When is the march? Tribune needs to do so much better.

Officials in the Christie administration have said the legislation is being reviewed by the Office of the Attorney General to work out issues before the law is implemented.

In other words: "we gat three more years to plunder and so we need to stall this baby!"

Bran is being Bran; again, having never seen a camera or microphone he wouldn't step in front of. My advice to the Comrade Leader is to stop scribbling your media messages in chalk; cause the rain and street washers, go'in wipes them away, before them can sinks in Bahamalanders heads. More supporters would turn out for a Freedom of Information march, if the legislation could be backdated to also cover the years from 2007 to 2012. What Bran can never do is banish the cynicism citizens’ reserve for anything past or present connected to red shirts politicians. So, Bran, why not just come out of the red closet and fulfill your true red ambition, which requires you try to beat Loretta to the red shirts leadership? Why not cause as green shirts you’ve been incapable of managing to accomplish even "some small things, much less great things," I know you keep all your red mementos to remind you of the good days you and Papa had once enjoyed. Who knows, Papa might just be ready to bury the hatchet to support you. over Loretta? Talk this idea over with Comrade Rupert….promise?

That is one massive load of HOGWASH ... even for you TAL.

As recently pointed out in the House of Assembly by perhaps the most intelligent and reasonable PLP MP sitting today, The Freedom of Information Act was passed by the previous FNM government but has not yet been commenced, and with very good reason. It isn't worth the paper it's written on in terms of the multitude of loop holes that would be available for any government to avoid complying with the most basic of requests for information. The current FOI Act needs to be tossed to the waste bin and a new one drafted from scratch. All of those agitating for the FOI Act as is to be commenced are blindly led blithering fools.

So...amend it and pass a better one ... don't just tell me it is crap and then do nothing!!!

Freedom Of Information Act is not a partisan party football to just kick around to gain political points, this is a right to every Citizen Of The Commonwealth Of The Bahamas! What's amazing is that Citizens will defend their party to NOT implement the FOIA, this is heartbreaking! The FOIA is for YOU! the electorate. I agree with Bran, these are 21st century issues that need to be address and implemented in this our developing democracy. Any political party who have govern The Bahamas in the last 40 years WILL have 'dirt on their hands' when the FOIA becomes law, the question is who and how much. We are so quick to defend political colors, we should be more eager to defend the Aquamarine, Gold & Black. #DivideThemAndRuleThem

Well said Pastor!

The Official Opposition party needs to take a page out of the advice they like to offer to PM Christie's government - fix what is already in place before you introduce new legislation. Comrades even with a gloriously written and enacted Freedom of Information Act, there has and will never be a political party in power who will give up such potentially damaging information without a fight to keep it forever hidden from the public. This brings us to the sad state of our local media. Unless major actors such as press and community groups become either willing or capable of pursuing long drawn out campaigns demanding the disclosure of such potentially damaging information to government, the FOIA act will remain useless. The Speaker of the House of Assembly is still lacking in effort to get House MP's to understand that the Financial Disclosure Act does not stand for the The Financial Nondisclosure Act and we''re talking both sides of the House and Senate.

The PLP and FNM governments have no interest in a Freedom of Information Act.

Such a FOIA would expose too much high level corruption.

Could you begin to imagine what the real stories are behind the road & infrastructure improvements, hospital extension, JFK buildings, BTC deal, Cable Bahamas deal, Atlantis, Albany, Sandyport, Baha Mar and 40 years of shenanigans between the PLP, FNM?

The PLP government is between a rock and a hard place on this one, as the rest of the world are also pressuring them to fall in line with a FOIA.

They don't have to reinvent the wheel, the "excuse" that the head witch Attorney General Maynard is "reviewing it" doesn't hold water, because they can simply adapt best practice guidelines from other countries and whip out an acceptable FOIA together in about an hour.

You guys can march until all the illegal Haitians go back home....The PLP and FNM are totally UNABLE to open their closets and let innumerable skeletons run lose.

It definitely would be a sight to see that is for sure!! So many damn back door deals and kickbacks (in both parties), once the masses started digging into that info there would probably be riots and mayhem!!

This goes beyond any party politics. This is a Bahamian issue. Without this, our country will not develop!

Anyone who supports immediate passage of a clear unadulterated Freedom of Information Act must be supported regardless of political affiliation. This act must be brought into law for us to have any hope of an open, accountable, successful existance, country first over individuals. Without knowledge we don't have any hope of ensuring accountability.

@ Bahamianpride There is no question that what you say is 100% spot on and EVERY Bahamian should demand a FOIA is brought into law forthwith.

However, in the "real world" of the PLP & FNM, to do so would mean immediate political suicide for both parties.

Case in point.....Remember.....After much denial, ducking, dodging, finger pointing and the usual PLP & FNM shenanigans this oil exploration situation was a closely guarded secret until the DNA blew the lid off the dealings just before the 2012 general elections.

Then it was discovered that then Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, Perry Christie and Brave Davis were all in cahoots together pulling deals with the oil companies.

It is an unrealistic pipe dream to expect the PLP and FNM to EVER bring a FOIA to law and commit harakiri.

The only solution for ever getting FOIA into Bahamian law is to remove both FNM and PLP from power.

Their days are numbered no matter how the pendulum swings, time is longer than rope. the only question is how soon. All of their shenanigans and closet skeletons will be exposed someday whether they like it or not.

The PLP & FNM were so blinded with greed they ignored what Almighty Jehovah God has said:

“What is done in the dark will come to light”, which comes from the bible verse Mark 4:22 “For everything that is hidden will eventually be brought into the open, and every secret will be brought to light.”

Couldn't happen to better bunch!

SOOOOOOOOOOOO, who is going to replace the PLP and FNM ??????

I second TheMadHatter for PM.

Bad reporting that the Tribune forgot to mention it.
The march is on Wednesday, June 11 at 8 a.m. till 2 p.m. in Rawson Square.

Branville's rhetoric about Bahamians shouldn't be allowed to gamble in casinos and flogging criminals in Rawson Square put's him in the same lunatic boat with Ingraham and Christie.

A combination of respected businessmen, responsible individuals and a sprinkling of "good politicians" must come together and form a coalition to govern the country.

Otherwise this fast ride to hell we're on will only escalate.

It was interesting to see Mr.McCartney on a TV station just talking as he usually does, no substance . But the camera more than once showed his expensive rings and watch etc. Lots and lots of BLING BLING..