The entire process is fundamentally flawed and Anita Allen knows it. She and her elitist political cohorts are seeking to illegally do through the back door (the HOA) that which can only be legally done through the front door (a constitutional referendum). The constitutionality of the new bill being proposed would rightfully be immediately challenged and the Bahamian people, God willing, would win. The fact that Allen, Minnis, Symonette, Bethel, Nottage, McWeeney, and so many others of the elitist political class did not like the outcome of the constitutional referendum that was held on these same citizenship matters a few years ago, does not somehow convey upon them the right to now tear up our Constitution, thereby voiding the most sacred of all rights of the Bahamian people: The right for us, not our politicians, to determine who gets to become a Bahamian citizen. As for the proposed new Belonger status being proposed, that status existed at the time we became independent. Back then Belongers were given a one-time window of opportunity to accept or decline the grant of Bahamian citizenship. Re-introducing such a Belonger status would unconstitutionally enable our elected officials to determine who gets to be included in the permanent component of our society along with Bahamian citizens. Make no mistake about it, our government and its elitist political cronies, as well as the governments of Haiti and the U.S., are engaged in an all out assault on the constitutional rights of the Bahamian people as regards these immigration and citizenship matters. I can't say it enough.

It seems Brent Symonette has been selected as the "slap down choice du jour". But Brent enjoys an enviable teflon exterior and knows that no matter how genuflecting Allen, Bethel and Minnis may do in public, they and their elitist political cohorts will bear the brunt of this fiasco. LMAO

word "much" missing before genuflecting in 2nd sentence

I share your frustration brother.

Ditto .......... not a word on the NP shanty town court case ........ DOA

Remember every phone conversation, text, wats app in The Bahamas is tapped. Even these blogs. Yes! By who ? Guess! And they in your on land destroying your sovereignty and integrity whilst we fight amongst ourselves.

So how much influence does the CIA and other Americans agencies have on the disruption of normal politics and normal social life in The Bahamas. After all they planned to kidnap a Prime Minister of this country on false drugs charges and was only stopped by another American agency for fear of the repercussions so imagine now?

Why are you harkening back to the good 'ole days when Carlos Enrique Lehder Rivas was Prime Minister of the Bahamas? You seem to be going off into the deep end again. Remember: Don't skip any days if your prescription says 'take one a day'.

My prescription says ‘those who forget the past are bound to repeat it’. What does yours say agent? Let me guess : fool them once, and when they forget fool them again, yes? And that’s why we have Minnis and KP Turnquest over taxing and killing everything Bahamian.

Bob Marley said it best ‘your best friend can be your worst enemy, and your worst enemy your best friend ‘Let’s still pretend that we don’t know how the guns are getting into this country! She me will eat and drink with you...

Whilst drugs flowing through the Bahamas may be the lowest levels in decades and the country still continues to be listed as a drug trafficking country, drugs flowing into the US has increased fourfold since the 1980’s. And the biggest concern is opioids which continue to claim over 70,000 lives annually. And while officials originally blamed this problem on drug dealers in China, more evidence is showing that a large part of the problem is caused by greedy pharmaceutical companies. For example one company dispensed several million opioid based pills in a town that only had 400 residents. And because of these companies along with pharmacies and doctors being involved, this has hampered Donald Trump’s plans to give the death penalty to persons found illegally distributing opioids.