The Tribune

EDITOR, The Tribune.

I AM a thirty-year-old Bahamian female who returned to Nassau five years ago to practice law after qualifying as a Barrister in the United Kingdom.

When I returned home in 2011, I was excited, passionate and enthusiastic about my return and all that I could accomplish in this great country I call home.

I was guided by our country’s most popular slogan “It’s Better in The Bahamas” and I genuinely believed it.

Fast forward to present day and for the past few years I second guess my decision to move back to Nassau every day.

Since May 2012, the Progressive Liberal Property has been destroying this country: the Baha Mar debauchery, Renward Wells’ Letter of Intent with Stellar Energy, Chinese immigrants arriving in the middle of the night to take jobs that should be given to Bahamians, two failed referendums, reckless spending, no accountability for Value Added Tax collected by the Government, BAMSI, consideration of selling our fisheries to the Chinese, downgrade to “junk status” by S&P, the list goes on... How can it not be clear: We need a change?

Wake Up Bahamas, the PLP are wrecking our piece of paradise that our parents and grandparents worked so hard to create and we are almost at the point of no return.

Regardless of the events that have transpired between and by certain individuals, the Free National Movement and the Democratic National Alliance have a common goal: to restore order and accountability to this country and push The Bahamas to new heights on both domestic and worldwide scales.

However, the two parties cannot co-exist if there is any chance at all of defeating the PLP and this is obvious to the public (as is evident by the results of the 2012 election!)

This letter is an outward plea to Hubert Minnis, Loretta Butler-Turner and Branville McCartney: Merge your parties, join forces, set aside your differences and forget your pride.

The country needs you to work together towards a common loftier goal. The outcome of the upcoming election depends significantly on the choices you three individuals make in the upcoming weeks and our country’s future depends on it.

Let Bahamians and the world think it really is Better in The Bahamas again.

We are counting on you.

YOUNG & AFRAID

Nassau,

January, 2017.