> **“I call for an independent Commission
> of Inquiry into unexplained wealth and
> alleged corruption networks involving
> public officials.”**

I write as a citizen of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas to respectfully call for the establishment of a Commission of Inquiry under the Commissions of Inquiry Act into unexplained wealth, public disclosure compliance, government-contract enrichment, and alleged narcotics-related corruption involving serving and former public officials. This request is made in the public interest and is not advanced as a finding of guilt against any person. It is a demand for lawful, independent, evidence-based inquiry into matters that go directly to public trust, national integrity, and the proper use of public office.

> ***“I call for an independent Commission
> of Inquiry into unexplained wealth and
> alleged corruption networks involving
> public officials.”***

I write as a citizen of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas to respectfully call for the establishment of a Commission of Inquiry under the Commissions of Inquiry Act into unexplained wealth, public disclosure compliance, government-contract enrichment, and alleged narcotics-related corruption involving serving and former public officials. This request is made in the public interest and is not advanced as a finding of guilt against any person. It is a demand for lawful, independent, evidence-based inquiry into matters that go directly to public trust, national integrity, and the proper use of public office.

The real story of the 2026 general election is not only that the PLP won another five-year term. The deeper story is that a large section of the Bahamian people withheld their confidence from the political process itself. When leaders and officials express surprise at the low turnout, that surprise exposes the very disconnect voters are reacting to. The warning signs were visible long before election day. The people are not politically asleep; many are simply unconvinced by the choices being offered. In that environment, the COI’s strong showing matters. It shows that Bahamians are searching for change, even if the alternative political structure is still developing. The PLP won the government, but the country sent a much broader message: the old political order is losing its emotional hold over the electorate.

***Why would the Government of The Bahamas appear to reward conduct that, in any ordinary commercial environment, would trigger enforcement, foreclosure, tax recovery, and possibly prosecution?***

> If an ordinary Bahamian owed more than
> $30 million connected to a failed Bank
> of The Bahamas loan arrangement, plus
> millions in real property taxes, the
> state would not treat that person as a
> recipient of taxpayers’ goodwill. That
> person would be pursued. Their assets
> would be enforced against. Their tax
> arrears would not quietly disappear
> through a political accommodation.

The Davis administration is setting a very dangerous precedent. According to the report, documents suggest that Cabinet authorised an offset arrangement using alleged lease payments owed to Leslie Miller’s Summerwinds companies to clear more than $30.5 million owed to Bahamas Resolve and millions in real property tax obligations. The same report also states that the settlement has not been finalised, and that the earlier $9.846 million damages award in Miller’s favour was overturned by the Court of Appeal and sent back for a fresh trial.

That raises the central question: why should taxpayers carry the burden of a politically connected private failure when there is no final judgment debt requiring payment?

> This is not how public accountability
> is supposed to work. Government must
> not bend public finance, tax
> enforcement, or state institutions to
> rescue friends, political allies, or
> campaign operatives. If this
> arrangement proceeds, it sends a clear
> message that there is one standard for
> ordinary Bahamians and another
> standard for the politically
> protected.

The Davis administration should not encourage this kind of precedent. Public funds, public agencies, and taxpayer-backed bailout structures must not be used to sanitise private debt, unpaid taxes, or politically favoured arrangements. The rule must be simple: no friend of government should receive mercy that ordinary Bahamians would never receive.

> Bahamian politics in 2026 still sounds
> far too small for the future this
> country needs.

The issue is not whether the PLP and FNM can trade promises about hospitals, blood banks, lotteries, or other election-cycle fixes. The issue is vision. Where is the national vision for a modern Bahamas?

While other countries are thinking in 60-year terms—energy security, industrial capacity, lower power costs, and thousands of jobs through major infrastructure—Bahamian politics still feels trapped in short-range administration and headline politics. The Bahamas should be hearing a national agenda centered on cheap and reliable electricity, long-term energy independence, manufacturing potential, lower operating costs, stronger productivity, and a better quality of life.

The math alone should elevate the conversation. If The Bahamas is carrying an electricity burden in the hundreds of millions of dollars annually, then over 60 years the country is looking at tens of billions drained by high-cost power and imported fuel dependence. That is not just an energy problem. That is a national development problem. It affects manufacturing, investment, self-sufficiency, competitiveness, and the cost of living.
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**The cleanest way to state it is this:**

*At current Bahamian electricity prices, 60 years of power at today’s burden implies roughly $41–$42 billion leaving the economy. By contrast, one modern 470 MW SMR appears theoretically capable of covering current national demand, and even after allowing for very large capital cost, operating cost, and financing cost, the long-run national savings case still runs into tens of billions of dollars.

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The caution is important. This is not a full project finance model. BPL’s $0.34/kWh is a delivered retail tariff, while the SMR £40–£60/MWh figure is a generation-cost estimate, not a full Bahamian delivered-cost model. A real Bahamas case would still need to add grid modernization, transmission and distribution, regulatory buildout, nuclear security, water, waste handling, decommissioning, insurance, emergency planning, workforce development, and financing structure. So this is an order-of-magnitude strategic comparison, not a final procurement case.*

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That is the level of thinking Bahamians should be hearing from political leadership: how to lower power costs, reduce dependence on foreign fuel, create the conditions for productive industry, and build a country that is more self-sufficient and more competitive. Cheap electricity is not a side issue. It is one of the essential foundations of a modern nation.
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Instead, what is being offered still sounds like management of present problems rather than construction of a future economy.

> The Bahamas does not only need
> promises. It needs a modernization
> vision.

> Happy 96th Birthday, Mother Carron.
> May God continue to guide you, protect
> you, and bless you with a long,
> healthy, and peaceful life.

;)

The question is direct: if smaller economic contributors receive modernised, partnership-oriented processing, why does the Bahamas, as a premium economic driver, experience such adversarial friction?

> *Answer:- Its Your Skin Colour, Baby. ...You Can Play In The Yard, But I Cant Allow You In My House.*

I support the Bahamas Government - As written, the record establishes a clear sequence: The Bahamas approached the United States first, engaged at senior levels including the US Export-Import Bank, and received no financing proposal that met scale, timing, or certainty. Only after that failure did the Government conclude an agreement with the Government of the People’s Republic of China. That ordering matters, because it rebuts any implication that China was a first resort rather than a last viable option under urgent national conditions.

The intervention by Herschel Walker is therefore politically conspicuous but substantially thin.

The Bahamas acted pragmatically within its sovereign rights after exhausting US avenues that did not deliver. External objections unaccompanied by equivalent financing lack standing. Development is ultimately financed, not advised.

If the ambassador is present merely as an extension of hegemonic power rather than as a bona fide representative of mutual respect and sovereign engagement, then their presence is neither required nor welcome. In such circumstances, the appropriate course is withdrawal.

The Government is negligent when it allows known hazards to persist, ignores repeated warnings, and then acts surprised when the next family is shattered. This death should be treated for what it is: an indictment of governance, enforcement, and accountability in The Bahamas. If nothing changes after this—if the same violations continue, the same weak controls continue, the same silence continues—then the next fatality will not be “unfortunate.” It will be Government-enabled.

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*My condolences to the Hepburn family - "Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un" (Indeed, to Allah we belong and to Him we shall return)*