Bahamas Issues: All we are saying is to give Cassius Stuart a chance.
The General Election is mere months away. The PLP government has gone into overdrive hiring public relations officers to promote the successes of the PLP and to ensure that the Bahamian populace is aware of all of its anchor projects. Every day, the Bahamian populace is subliminally reminded about the PLP’s promise of ‘help and hope’ and salvation for Bahamian masses. But alas, the majority of Bahamians are still waiting for that ‘help,’ thank God for ‘hope.’ Dem with their “so said…so done” slogan. Both ZNS and BIS journalists are inundated with press releases. Neither of them are in search of governmental news; in fact they appear to be omnipresent when it comes to governmental news, be it big, small or trivial. It seems as if there is never a need to call them; they seem to be permanent shadow fixtures of the governmental Ministers: beyond doubt, there must be a reporter assigned to each government Minister.
Just this week, MPs whom the public havent heard from in months can be seen given press statements and orchestrating social committees. Mr. Adderley, Ms. Bridgewater and Ms. Marcel mouths are now filled with colourful and intriguing words. It seems as if now a days they have something interesting to say. However, the words are like the Prime minister’s: utter babble! Useless, colourful speeches, that frustrates the public.
And then there is the FNM. ‘The want ta be government.’ You will never see it, no time soon! In a few weeks, they will be celebrating their short lived 10 year of governance. Apparently, they have something to cheer about. Poor fellows! Perhaps they have forgotten why they were voted out in the first place. Don’t worry, they will be reminded again, in a few months. To this day, they still have no clue what went wrong during the last general election, subsequently they are doomed to repeat the same mistake. Sigh, and they saying that with them there is still “better to come.” But was it better before? Oh well!
But all ain’t bad you know. More than one woman can born a Bahamian Prime Minister. Ya boy Cassius Stuart looking better everyday, when you compare him to these dimwits! Perhaps, he is our Bahamian saviour. The only one scandal free. The only one without an apparent hidden agenda. The only one who don’t want sell out the country to fat up his own pocket.
So, I say, let’s dance to the tune Bahamas and vote out of the regular brown raggity box and sing the refrain of “all we are saying is, we gan give Cassius Stuart a chance!”
interesting points that you (i am guessing you are the author) raised. however, my question is whether Cassius Stuart’s party has a full slate of candidates for the upcoming general elections? because the fact of the matter is that your party has to have the majority of seats in the house for your party to be the government and subsequently, the leader of said party to be Prime Minister. Therefore, if the party does not have 40 solid candidates to give the other parties a ‘run for the money’ then how does Mr. Stuart even stand a chance of being the next Prime Minister?
and even if he gets in to the house for whatever constituency he runs in, the other fact that must be realised is that opposition MPs do not have as much say as government MPs on matters of policy for numerous reasons. an obvious one being that they are in the minority. so before we make a decision of which person we will vote for in our given areas, we must look at the bigger picture of how our parliamentary system is set up and make a wise decision. in our current system, in my opinion, it is very short sighted to say one is voting for the man and not the party because the numbers dicate which party wins. so we must look at the individual as well as the party he/she represents and determine whether we want to support the party that person is from because if we put in the person, we very well may also be making his/her party the next government and his/her leader the next prime minister.
so really the question at this present time boils down to choosing between the lesser of two evils unless there is a 3rd party that can be a serious contender with viable candidates for every constituency.
that’s my 5 cents.
Thanks very much for responding Carol. I appreciate your comments and in fact agree with you regarding a number of your points.
Nevertheles, the very idea of “choosing between the lesser of two evils” suggests and concludes to utter damnation. Some may say the Bahamas is heading toward hell in a prada bag and not even aware of the path she is taken. However, someone must take a stand and vote against the esbablishment in order to ensure the survival of this great country.
At present, Cassius Stuart has proven himself as being a better opposition than the FNM. He is constantly on the governments back making them accountable to the Bahamian peple. In fact, I believe that if he had better media coverage, more questions about the direction of where this country is headed would have been put foward.
Perhaps you are correct that his party be be ‘wanting;’ but one can not deny that his contribution thus far has benefitted the Bahamas consequently, the Bahamas demands and needs his presence in the honourable House.
The Bahamas yearns for checks and balances and it seems as if only Cassius Stuart has answered that call.