Excellent letter that cuts right to the heart of the problems facing The Bahamas today.

That's why I said it's worrying - there are no obvious candidates in either party at the moment.

That is one libelous statement - hope you can back it up. Tribune, why is no-one moderating bloggers' comments? As a newspaper you are leaving yourself open to litigation.

You are right, many Bahamians really don't know right from wrong. Morality lessons should be taught in schools from age five onwards.

Clearly because he has superb business acumen hidden during his previous ordinary lives.

Moss and Rollins are shouting out now because they have nothing to lose - the ship is going down and they are attempting to distance themselves from the worst decisions of the Party in the hope that it might make them more credible and possibly attractive to a re-energized FNM in a few years' time. Neither have impressed these last two years and so I think they are wasting their time. There is nothing wrong with leadership challenges in healthy democratic parties. The PLP leadership is stitched up now with no one able to challenge the resident incumbent Perry Christie. What an absolute farce! It is really sad that at a time when the country needs a dynamic younger party leader who is not afraid to lead, the PLP is stuck with an aging politician whose leadership appears hopelessly compromised and who is more concerned with his legacy than actually taking the tough decisions that the country desperately needs to be taken. The FNM appear to be rudderless in opposition although it must be hard for Minnis with so many of the faithful still hankering for the return of Papa. I hope to God that Papa stays in retirement. He has fought the good fight, made mistakes as every leader does but he has had his time. The Bahamas cannot endure yet another Ingraham v Christie election campaign. It is time for PGC to retire along with his old friend Hubert and leave the running of the country to the best of the rest. This is where it gets worrying. Who amongst the rest can be trusted to run this country? The best true leaders in our country have no desire to enter politics for fear of being tainted by corruption and the corrupt practices of the system. This is the system that Michael Halkitis wants to see perpetuated i.e. No need for politicians to adhere to the Public Disclosure Act. Bahamas, someone has to step forward and soon to lead us through the many perils facing this small country. These are difficult times but hopefully "cometh the the hour, cometh the man"

Well said. To make matters worse, Michael Halkitis enters the debate with the ridiculous comment that politicians shouldn't be compelled to disclose their status on payment of taxes since they deserve privacy.wrong, wrong, wrong. Has Halkitis not heard of the Public Disclosure Act? Politicians are supposed to be leading us not bleeding us! Simply put if you don't want your financial affairs to be put up for public scrutiny then you should stay out of politics - it's that simple. No wonder the cabinets of both administrations have been unwilling to enforce the Act. No one wants to stop the gravy train. What an absolute disgrace and what a sad reflection on this country. Respect for the laws of this country MUST begin at the top. If politicians don't lead by example how can you expect the average Joe to do what is right. Michael Halkitis should hang his head in shame over that comment.

There is not a "cat's chance in hell" of VAT being implemented from 1st July. I predict that government will defer VAT until 1st January 2015 whilst at the same time it will try to find the courage and a mechanism to legalise web-shops. This might allow VAT to be introduced at 10% instead of the punitive 15% Whatever happens, 2015 is going to be rough on the economic front for residents of The Bahamas. All responsible citizens should do their part for the country by bringing their taxes up to date or at least enter into a conversation about a repayment plan.

Most western governments ran up substantial debt following the Great Recession. Without substantial capital spending the Bahamian economy would have ground to a halt and the FNM would have been criticized for not doing enough to project jobs. I'm not saying that the FNM necessarily spent all the country's money totally wisely but at least we can point to what they did with the money. What has the PLP to show for the $1 billion it has spent since coming to power?

Look let's get one thing straight. If gambling were to be made legal for all, do you think bahamar would have any intention of letting ordinary Bahamians onto their casino floor without any control or vetting? Bahamians should be allowed to gamble like anyone else; however, casinos like bahamar and Atlantis would have to take steps to protect their product from the unruly. I would imagine that they would require local residents to either take out a membership or insist that they take a room for a minimum of two nights. Rollins suggestion that Bahamians should be charged $200 to gamble us just plain stupid however.