EDITOR, The Tribune.

On the very day of Hubert Ingraham’s unwelcome return to front-page politics, both our dailies ran stories about BTC, an institution built on the tax dollars of ordinary Bahamians, and which Mr Ingraham sold to foreign private interests for a measly $148m (when you factor in his saddling of Bahamian taxpayers with the sold-off asset’s pension bill).

The story in question is about yet another part of the sold-off asset being divested by the new owners for a healthy chunk of change.

It is a most timely and cautionary reminder to those who would otherwise be tempted to take seriously Mr Ingraham’s recommendations on voting in the upcoming bye-election.

Instead of continued partisan point-scoring, one would expect a period of quiet circumspection (or at least measured modesty) from a former leader who, with hindsight, has in my opinion done such measurable damage to his country.

But it seems Mr Ingraham shares much with the Bourbon dynasty in exile, who, in the words of Talleyrand, “(have) learned nothing and forgotten nothing”.

ANDREW ALLEN

Nassau.

November 13, 2023