EDITOR, The Tribune
PRE-ELECTION rhetoric is in high gear and is, as always, mildly entertaining but lacking in substance.
To date there are no clear, coherent, concise, commonsense suggestions or solutions from the official Opposition to many of the country’s ills.
I have only heard patchy criticisms of the government’s many failures. The Bahamian people know what the problems are: what they require now is responsible, capable leadership with a plan to guide the country through its many crises.
The most obvious thing to me though is the absolute lack of passion in the de facto leader of the official Opposition. He obviously has a desire to become Prime Minister, but he lacks passion, conviction and a plan in areas of critical importance.
Where is his passion on crime, education, healthcare reform, immigration and judicial reform?
Where is his passion to jumpstart this economy or represent the Bahamas on a global stage?
Does he have a passion or a plan to elevate the mindset of Bahamians while seeking to improve their daily lives?
I see no indication of it.
Aspiring to political office has become a high stakes game for the bored wealthy, those desirous to make deals to improve their personal fortunes or those whose self worth is connected to the positions they hold.
Gone are the days when politicians had the vision, character and/or integrity that inspired the people they lead. Nowadays, the people are simply a means to a self serving end for politicians. The Bahamian people as a whole seem to have a condition similar to battered woman syndrome, abused and used by politicians. They keep going back for more.
Vision, passion and a true desire to provoke change is important in this election and, in my opinion, Dr Minnis lacks all three.
JOHN BOWMAN
March 31, 2017
Comments
DDK 7 years ago
Your vision and hearing must be impaired.
OMG 7 years ago
So true, every day we hear this monotone delivery advert on ZNS about how poor he was and education whilst the PLP attempt to advertise his failures. Minnis needs to get aggressive,hammer home the fine details about what affects most of us every day such as food prices, lack of basic medical supplies ,state of roads, political favouritism with jobs, taxes. He has so much ammunition to hammer home on every point
athlete12 7 years ago
Well how do you define passion? I believe he does have passion but he has gotten caught up speaking like a politician.The sad part is we are easily persuaded, it's either one party or the next instead of researching the facts themselves.
I agree that the FNM along with the other parties have yet to provide a plan. It's easy to criticize but hard to create.
We don't need rallies. We need forums for discussion because we are so behind developed countries its scarey. If the next government doesn't make drastic improvements within the next 2 years we won't make it to another election. Just prepare to move abroad, if Trump allows...
OMG 7 years ago
I tend to disagree. The next elected government has to either do some severe financial restructuring and that includes layoffs from the bloated civil service and risk not being re-elected or carry on as before and risk downgrading, devaluation and hyperinflation. If the FNM have such a plan then they would be well advised to keep it under wraps until they are elected.
OMG 7 years ago
Sorry--"I agree"
Well_mudda_take_sic 7 years ago
The obvious shallowness of Minnis has always been evident in his inability to stay focused on just about anything; preferring instead to be easily distracted by whatever is the 'topic du jour'. It's almost as if he suffers from some form of Attention Deficit Disorder.
DDK 7 years ago
And you sound like a broken record.
sheeprunner12 7 years ago
What has "passion" gotten us for most of our 43 years????????? ............ Pindling????? and Christie?????? .............. Even though Ingraham was the most inarticulate SPEAKER of the bunch, he sure had the best interest of Bahamians at heart ....... that is true PASSION
Minnis has his passion in the right place .......... his ability to be organized and work hard ........ they are foreign attributes to the PLP (who cares more about razzle-dazzle)
SP 7 years ago
...................... 4 Decades Of "Passion" Brought Us To Where We Are Today .......................
Obviously there's a very, very, very, thin line between passion and horseshit!
Perry, Ingraham and Pindling were excellent at talking shit and making promises, but consistently failed abysmally at delivering anything remotely tangible or benefiting to Bahamians.
ENOUGH talk, rhetoric and ENOUGH bullshit!
"We Believe In Bahamians, Bahamians First, Mortgage Relief, 10,000 Jobs in 90 days, Crown Land for Everybody, Solution To Crime, and Investors Just Waiting For Perry" was ALL PASSION AND BULLSHIT IN PLP CAMPAIGN 2012!
I never want to hear ANYFUCKINGTHING from the PLP ever again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!&^%$%$#
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