Both major political parties do this in the Bahamas Oppose an idea in opposition and then turn around and support it once you are in government. The FNM under Dr.Minnis did it with the spy bill and also the vat tax.

Opposing sensible progressive ideas is deeply engrained in the Bahamian mentality. That is one of the things causing the undercurrent of disaffection in this country.

The pie is not big enough for every body. There is not enough seats around the table. So you have a lot of hungry party supporters. Quite a number of persons campaign and support a political party for their share of the spoils. The Americans use to call this the spoilsman system.

The late legendary Jamaican prime minister Michael Manley said this about politics in his country. Politics there has evolved to getting access to the scare benefits of the state. It is the
same in the Bahamas.

@sheeprunner12.Both major political parties do it. Let Dr. Minnis tell you how much Marlon Johnson was being paid? Or better yet ,let him talk you about the wife of an FNM party official who is employed at NIB. She has no real experience in the area she is employed.

The Punch served a niche in this country. It filled Bahamians' appetites for gossip and sip sip about people's business. It had a good run for long time in this country.

The Punch never modernized or updated it's business operations. It never developed an on-line presence. So the paper was in decline for some time.

The mouse is around the cheese. This appointment should be rescinded.

This does not augur well for this administration. Heading down the previously well-worn path of shame and scandal. These people do not want to learn nor are they concerned about appearances.

He should not be given or take that appointment. Politicians here in the Bahamas don't seem to learn from mistakes. They have a very hazy view of ethics. This government is simply stumbling out of the gate.

This PLP government will not have a honeymoon, They have won a poison chalice.

The many problems of this country are also intractable. They have existed for years under previous governments .Housing, unemployment, crime and education issues. Add to that increasing competitive pressures in financial services and tourism. Also lurking in the woods are the imf,wto, Cuba and Haiti.

Coupled with an increasing volatile electorate. Bahamians don't understand that governance is both complex and hard work. All they seem to understand is political slogans and rhetoric. Many bahamians who go off to further their education, don't return to live and work in this
country.

Somebody said to me this. They would not be surprise that the FNM would regain the government in the next election. The Bahamas in their opinion, is heading the way of some Latin American countries. Years of political instability.

The PLP government stumbles right out of the gate. A cabinet of that size is unneeded and not necessary.

There is a need for a large back-bench to keep the cabinet in check. What you see here is blurring of the lines between the executive and the legislative. Bahamians by in large don't understand governance and systems of government. Every body who is elected to parliament wants to be a cabinet minister. That is not how his system of government was intended to work.

Bahamians like you have short and selective memories. It was done by the Minnis administration The situation with the financial secretary Wilson. The situation with the assistant commisioners of police, Fernander, Strachan and Deleveaux. Glenn Laville at the Water and Sewerage Corporation.

Like the old people is say,Peter is no better than Paul.

Politicians in the Bahamas are actors. They like to appear unware of the many problems this country faces. The situation at the hospital has been know for some time. The question should be how this government intends to fix it or at least alleviate it.