It is easy to pick up the low-hanging fruit -- exact name and date of birth multiple times, or born in the 1700s, or born this year. That's either lazy cheating or really, really bad clerical errors.

The bigger question is: how do we figure out the false/erroneous registrations, the ones with a normal name and a regular date of birth but the person doesn't actually exist? Just because they have found the obvious doesn't mean they have found them all...

He may have been trying to topple the present government. He may have been trying to keep the present government in office. Either is irrelevant to me. He got caught doing what he can't do.

TalRussell I agree with your point on the failure to prosecute MPs who do not file their Financial Disclosures. At least fine them the $5000 if you do not want to literally put our MPs in prison (though the law says that we can). If they are not disclosing, they can probably pay the fine anyway!!

One big issue is that our laws are selectively enforced. No one should be above them, and they should be enforced regardless of party affiliation.

I do not know if this incident is isolated or not. I am glad to hear outside organizations will be present to monitor the elections.

*What crime could someone possibly have committed even if they "registered" to Vote, more than once.* Really??

**Bahamas Penal Code 452.**
Whoever, in order that he may obtain or be qualified to act in any public office or to vote at any public election, makes, signs, publishes or uses any declaration, statement or oath required by law in such case, or any certificate or testimonial as to his conduct or services, or as to any other matter which is material for the obtaining by him of the office, or for his qualification to act in the office or to vote at the election, shall, if he does so, knowing that the declaration, statement, oath, certificate, or testimonial is false in any material particular, be liable to imprisonment for two years and is guilty of a misdemeanour.

***You can choose friends, but you cannot choose family. To accept one's cultural identity is to have an unconditional love for your family, especially your mother.***

If I love my country, I want the best for my country. If the matriarch of the Bahamian family is not doing her job adequately, I can change who governs the country.

This is not China. This is the Bahamas. We have a democratic society here. So, in fact, I **can** choose my family. I **can** choose the head of the Bahamian household. It is called a vote. And I can use it every 5 years if "mother" is not pulling her weight.

The AG needs to defend the Public Disclosure Act of 1976, and prosecute those politicians who clearly do not comply with the law, before trying to defend this Bill.

**“...Twenty-five per cent of our government revenue comes from VAT. This ain’t no rocket science, it is laid out in the budget debate,” Mr Fitzgerald said*.

*“So 25 cents out of every thing the government spends on comes from VAT. Twenty cents out of every dollar the government spends comes from VAT."**

So, you telling me that the Minister of education does not know the difference between **revenue** and **expenses**? If we spend more than we make (as we cannot balance the budget), then his logic does not hold. If I earn $10 but spend $20, how you gonna tell me my $2.50 on the way in (25% of revenue) is now worth $5 on the way out (25% of expenses)?? No wonder the debt keeps on increasing...

But the BahaMar agreement is still sealed.

So how do we know that the Government is not giving away concessions that translate into more than a 20 per cent increase in marginal GDP growth?