Finally, the penny has dropped. Well done!

the next twist in the saga, the spin to say they now trying to fix tings, he should of been vocal from day ONE. Politics - these guys are smart I give them that. Now Perry will say he is or is not speaking on behalf of the government. Now they call tell Winder to go against the gov. to save face for them and blame the courts for the failed winding up. These guys are the best I do give them that. ANYPLACE else most of them would be impeached. He almost sounds like he against his home boys, another distraction for some other dirt that's about to come out. Just more of the same b/s they put out there. What have they done from day one that we can say they looking out for the country. Please TAL and Birdie convince me.

Perhaps Justice Winder already knows that the arguments presented by Baha Mar's two Qcs are valid and would, in all probability, hold up during the Appeals process, so what point is there in him ruling in favor of government? All that would do is waste time and money for Baha Mar and The Bahamas government and would, in no way, provide a solution to the on-going debacle.

So if Justice Winder rules the way he knows he should, his ruling gives government an easy way out. Next they look for a scapegoat...hmm who was it that was responsible for the "shaky" winding up petition. Oh yess!! The AG. Perfect........ Bye bye Allison!! sic ...Gomez on her sorry backside!

"My Fellow Bahamians, our plan to tief Baha Mar did not work, because the AG screwed up the paperwork! Anyway, never mind, now we are going to do as Obie suggests, make-up with Sarkis, and get the show back on the road again!! ..Yeah!!!... Once again your PLP government saves the day!! .... Eight thousand jobs for Bahamians! ...all thanks to your PM!! ...So don't forget, Baha Mar Nation, VOTE FOR US, the job creators.!!!... By the way did I tell you we callin an early election?....Yeah, we have to, before any more "stuff" comes out in Delaware!!"

Quick! Someone call Winder and tell him he can "unwind", 'cause we have already made his mind up!

This is disturbing on so many levels. You almost get the impression the Government has something to prove. What, I don't know. I wholeheartedly agree with Mr. Wilchombe on this one.

it took kind of long for them to see the folly of their ways. So Perry sent Obie out their to test the reaction of people.Don't think for a second that they haven't discussed this

Wow. Didn't think of that. I think you may be right.

I agree - Obie is the sacrificial save face lamb.

Probably following orders ... PM's "heir apparent", Leader in Waiting.

It sure sounds likes Comrade Tourism Minister Obadiah is preparing to break ranks with the PM, and with his cabinet obligations - thus will be resigning, or he is publicly challenging the PM, to fired him from cabinet?
The minister should now also publicly declare, whether or not he has been in communications with Izmarlin - directly or indirectly - since the government's winding-up supreme court petition was filed? If so, is he now willing to reveal such verbal and written discussions to the public?
Will the honourable minister, please share his "private" outside of cabinet experience in winding up "financially troubled" corporations?

Or ... maybe Obie went to the PM and said "Yo Perry muh man (giggle). Why dontchya let me put a strawman up to save face and it may make you look good?". Perry says "Dat Obie is a good guy -- go ahead. That Gibson Gal een do us any good."

But Obie chuckles to hisseff because he knows it will make him look like the voice of reason, and he does have plans of replacing Perry. He is jockeying among the PLPissilites to replace PG Tips, because they all know da he jest gatta go!

The PLPissilites are masters of survival. As long as PG Tips was their puppet, all was fine. But Mayonnaise Gibson gets uppity, PG Tips lets her, and gets the whole party into a jam.

So the damage control section of the PLPissilites is going to trow PG-Tips under da jitney by having Obie be the voice of reason. Once it works, Obie goes unda da jitney as well, and Brave can take his rightful place as Dear Leader of the PLPissilites.

Perry doan know he is becoming a wiping rag for the bottom of a jitney. In the meantime, poor Fweddy and Shame thinks that what's coming out of PG Tips and Mayonnaise Gibson is party line, so they pile on, and it is a good way to leave them in the dust and outta Brave's way.

The PLP will allus find a way to suck the national teat dry. Buh bye Perry!

Ask the members of parliament what macro-economic means and you might be lucky to get a couple right answers. The problem with our government is that no one involved has any idea what they are actually doing.

Well by damn! Where was Obie when people was saying all da time that the government need to try resolve this matter and stop taking sides? (or at least not appearing to side with the Chinese) If you watch the world news, China is definitely headed into a recession and will eventually pull world markets behind it. Us stock markets are already at their lowest levels in over a year and China has devalued its currency on at least two occasions in two weeks If Bah Mar is not finished and up and running before the economy shows more cracks and signs of slippage, who will replace companies like Rose Wood and others that pull out? Even local companies will opt out of the development or scale down their plans. And then you must watch the talks of persons like Sol Kerzner, who is reportedly hoping to buy Bah Mar at a "fire sale' price and complete it.

It is clear what has gone down.

CCA asked Christie to pressure Sarkis to accept the Chinese offer on their terms, by requiring Sarkis to put in an extra $100m + guaranteeing another $200m. So they filed the winding up order thinking it would create too much pressure for Sarkis not too accept.

Of course, it didn't go to plan (does it ever for the PLP?) and on the same day as the Government's lawyers are arguing for the appointment of 'provisional' liquidators and not a winding up order (changing the goal posts), Rosewood pulls out, citing lack of supreme court approval and Baha Mar no owning the land. The second point was also a PLP decision as the AG filed a request to reclaim the land.

Not only that, but now it is clear that the US judge will order CCA to release communications with the Government which will demonstrate more collusion to the world.

So now the PLP are back-pedalling via Obie. I expect to see a concession from the Chinese soon on the requirements of the guarantee. If Christie does not have enough pull with the Chinese to execute this, both his and the Bahamian people's fate is sealed. Baha Mar will be in court battles for the next 3 years, while the buildings and the economy decays.

Bahamian_in_London: I think that there should be little doubt that Baha Mar has, or knows the content of the CCA Communications already. And can and will produce them if the Chinese don't. This is truly a case of shit being thrown into a fast moving fan ! Trouble is, the Bahamian people are sitting in front of the fan !!!

IKALIKL: Notwithstanding that the funding is Chinese, I am sure that no one is paying for anything in Chinese Renmimbi, so the likelihood is that US dollars are moving through US Banks. They only have to follow where the money goes to, from the CCA bank accounts, and we will know who the beneficiaries are. Same for Baha Mar if they made foreign currency payments to suppliers. Follow the money !

This is great stuff for Hollywood. Can already envision a new movie "The Hotel" - amazing comedy potential. The directors/actors could be same like in "The Interview", Randall Park as CCA CEO, Seth Rogen as Sarkis, Eddy Murphy as the PM, Martin Lawrence as Freddy...<br><br> Can already see Martin Lawrence chasing Seth Rogen on a jetski infront of the Bahamar trying to get his residency card while talking to an investor assuring him that his money is safe if he passes the psychological test.

Too late. The DOJ and FBI need to complete their ongoing investigation of the likely crimes committed under the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by certain senior officials of CCA involving senior members of the Bahamas government.

The PM and his whole cabinet cannot afford another "I was blindsided" episode. They should get around the table and start asking themselves the question, **Is China too big to fail**?

The government has painted itself into a corner. Clearly the "liquidation route" is nothing but a prescription for the end of Baha Mar and years, and years of futile litigation. Anyone with a wit of experience would have seen that from the outset.

The Chapter 11 proceeding supervised by the U.S. courts, would have been the best solution to get the resort up and running, but either ego, or fear of the exposure of corruption made that a "no go".

Now we have a court proceeding underway, and parties who are locked in a "wait and see" mode, hoping they will get some negotiating leverage out of the process. This is clearly the worst case scenario for the Bahamas and the thousands of Bahamians who are economic hostages to the achievement of a rational resolution.

Frankly I don't see how the government gets itself out of this mess. It's way too late to start posturing about withdrawing the liquidation action. What about all the creditors who have sued the various entities developing the enterprise. Will all of them hold off for the time it takes for a rational plan be worked out? That is what Chapter 11 is all about, and the Bahamas has no comparable legal framework that can permit a quick resolution while the enterprise moves forward.

In summary a totally unnecessary mess. Something about Humpty Dumpty comes to mind.

It would appear that our Attorney General tells the Judiciary how to adjudicate things, so she can just tell the Appeals Court to over-rule brother Winder and grant Bahamian Court Jurisdiction in the Chapter 11 matter. Quite simple to me !!! That's all Izmirlean was asking for. Now a few million dollars leaner our Government is looking to roll it all back ?. Just marvelous.

It could be much simpler than that. If Justice Winder decides that the case made by Corbett QC and Glinton QC showed that the government did, indeed, present "a slap dash case", and if he throws their case out because it was procedurally flawed, then no need to wait until Sept 4th, just call everyone back and make his decision known.

The only question then is, who gets blamed for presenting an ill-conceived, " slap dash" case, and we can probably guess who that would be.