Does this man have any shame?

nope

Gray is not only admitting that this current PLP government is corrupt, but he is furthermore admitting that the PLP does not even care about corrupt government practices of other parties.

This means that the PLP is not only not fit to be the government party, but that they are also unfit to be the opposition.

It's time this organisation be flushed down the toilet.

You mean the outside tiolet.

Well he got one thing right, "then the whole Bahamas is wrong." It is pathetic that the only defense ever offered by this government for case after case of egregious inefficiency and gross corruption is that "someone else was equally inefficient or corrupt. What difference does that make?

Two wrongs never gone make a right

***"We are going to do as much as we can for the people who support us because if it hadn’t it been for them we wouldn’t be in power today.”***

Sadly, that does not include all the grassroots voters, just the likes of Darrel Rolle, Lady pindling, Baltron Bethel etc

That is 100% admitting cronyism. These guys are so entrenched in their corrupt ways now they don't even realize what they are saying. It's like the AG denying conflict of interest, while simultaneously confirming that she was in a clear cut Conflict of Interest Situation (RE: Bahamar contracts)

Whatever happened to the process of bidding on contracts? ATTENTION ALL NON PLP BAHAMIANS: V Alfred Gray has publicly admitted that they are a government who is only loyal to PLP supporters. Does this mean that everyone else does not have to pay taxes or abide by the laws of the country? So make sure instruct Commissioner Greenslade and his police to only arrest loyal PLP supporters!

Agreed .... 100% ........... force the government to close down and resign

hey john this happens every where even in green turtle cay abaco

I have a friend who was qualified to bid for another building contract, they flat out refused to let him tender a bid. When the matter was pressed by higher ups, they finally accepted his bid. I guess his bid was too good or competitive, because all of a sudden the bid terms changed and before he had a chance to revise his bid to match the new terms, they quickly awarded the contract to PLP croony. Very sad.

This is the same V Alfred Grey who's mailing address crops up repeatedly in the HSBC 'billions stashed in Switzerland' leaked list? Seems legit.

Tribune people - if you have any journalists who actually do any investigative journalism, you should poke around that list.

**So provide us with the "HSBC leaked list" so the poking can begin!**

The fact you couldn't find it on your own pretty much sums up the investigative capabilities in the Bahamas!

https://offshoreleaks.icij.org

Certainly your superior investigative sleuthing abilities has already connected these billions to questionable sources, and you are well on the way to filing a report with the commissioner of police to bring charges.

Gray is a slime ball extraordinaire. So is the rest of the PLP hierarchy. It amaze me that the FNM thinks that Minnis is the man to lead us into victory in 2017!

What was done in the past ,by both former governments, was wrong.

We must move on from this childish "you did it so I can do it" attitude.

This is 2106 and we should have a proper and transparent bidding process for all government and government related contracts.

Grow up.

Alfred Gray and the awarding of this contract sums up everything that is wrong with the Bahamian political system. There is no hope for the country while this mindset prevails.

Agreed

Comrades I have not seen in of any the leaked HSBC data any mention of the minister's name or his connection and seriously doubt his name is listed anywhere.
However, in the case of Bahamaland although we are a recognized financial center, there are
"55 Bahamander citizens or passport holders" were among the 202 listed clients from Bahamaland associated with accounts at HSBC to the tone of a whopping $7 Billion.
However, it does begs the question - should the "55 Bahamander citizens or passport holders" have grabbed the attention of our local authorities? Maybe it is all legal banking permitted under we laws - by citizens and passport holders?
Is there a Freeport connection to the $7 Billion?
Is any of the $7 Billion being held in way connected to any non-elected active/retired official of Bahamaland's government?

And this is why the country will end in ruin, but it won't hurt them, PLP or FNM politicians,
their nest eggs are secured in foreign banks,
It will only destroy the damn fool Bahamians who voted for either, bought into the game,
believed either bunch was doing anything but screwing the country over.
Incapable of self control, ethical behavior, honesty.
Easy for personalities of either ilk to laud themselves above the other when none can stand tall.

He just admitted that Bahamian politicians engage in kickbacks ........ that's all

High time we join the WTO, then at least everybody else (who was not invited to bid or was kicked out because of the wrong color of their shirt) has some recourse against this government. Other than African countries and the Middle East, I think the Caribbean and the Bahamas is the last place on this planet where contracts like that have to be publicized and offered to the general public for tender.

Is that the main reason why we are the LAST country in America to join WTO????????

V. A. Gray and all like him are traitors and political scum. They work for their organization (PLP) to the detriment of ALL other Bahamians. This type of flawed action is deplorable and a very corrupt practice that in the end hinders our nation. Selfish, self serving, miscreants, such as Gray should be roundly denounced and run out of the country, they do not have the welfare of the country at heart but will destroy our country to elevate their chosen few. If you want to know where the PLP will take this country look no farther than Venezuela and what Chavez and his crew accomplished.

"There is nothing new under the sun" Right or wrong the FNM has done the same things they aare complaing about check, Grand Bahama, Abaco and Exuma to whom were the contracts ggiven? Now you all want to pretend. how quickly you all forget or wish to believe that the BBahamian people have forgotton.

In most countries around the world, a public admission like the one in today's paper that you paid a kickback out of the public treasury to a PLP supporter would get you locked up. You just confessed to stealing the people's money and giving it to a friend. Instant jail time. If you want to help a supporter, use your own F#@@#%# money, not ours!!!!!

These people cover themselves in the trappings of success, but when they open their mouths you have to wonder how they could possibly have gotten in that position. The only conclusion is, they are smarter and more industrious than the people who elected them. Who else would suffer them? A very scary thought. Because it could happen again. Why is Minister Grey still in cabinet? The lawyer who said, ~if he did interfere with a judge's decision, he didn't know it as wrong, and the cabinet minister who says ~my government does give kickbacks, what's wrong with that?

Almost every senior PLP politician is a multi-millionaire ............. and they all claim that they care about the poor .......... what a cruel joke ............. how did they get rich????????

Gray is a Minister, representing a government department, IF he knows of ANY impropriety be it FNM or PLP, he has a Duty to the nation to 'let the cat's' out of the bag.
Let the Rule Of Law run its course.
Otherwise his insinuations are baseless, whatever the scenario it's not a good portrayal of his character and moreover outwardly unpatriotic.

This cronyism has to stop, they're picking away at every department and bit by bit destroying this beautiful nation from the inside out, it is Unforgivable they must start prosecuting the thieves that steal from the nation's finances.

I do not know how they can sleep at night.

Looks like we have Banana Republic ethics at it's best.
There is certainly need for Freedom of Information Act for all government decisions.
The real danger is in having an act with no teeth, everyone is still awaiting the Financial Statements from members of Parliament from many years back and that is the Law.
I am entertained by the lack of remorse, 'just business as usual' no matter the colour of shirt or skin.
Next thing we will need to carry $20 in our drivers license/passports, in case our papers are checked... Venezuela/Cuba here we come.

**.................... Former Prime Minister of Curaçao *wins* 3 year prison term ........................**

http://curacaochronicle.com/main/schott…

Prime Minister Christie will on the way to being a much bigger winner!

If Pindling didn't go to jail for the 1984 Commission findings, then don't expect Perry to go

....... but the small man is suffering ....... he doesn't have any Swiss bank accounts (probably he has less than $1,000 in the bank)