By TANYA SMITH-CARTWRIGHT
tsmith-cartwright@tribunemedia.net
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Chairman Fred Mitchell has denied allegations of infighting in the party over board and government appointments that supporters say are taking too long to be delivered.
A PLP stalwart councillor told The Tribune yesterday that before the recent general election, the PLP had a “solid plan” of quick execution of “rewards” for its party supporters. The stalwart councillor said something must have gone wrong as there is no forward movement with those plans and supporters are now up in arms as they are tired of waiting.
“Something is going on and we know it cannot be anything good,” the source said. “Every decent and deserving PLP was promised board positions and other jobs. We were told the minute the election was over and the PLP won, we would get our rewards right away. There was a solid plan to be executed.
“As you can see, everything started off okay. From day one the prime minister was working and so was the deputy prime minister. So what happened? All of a sudden everything stopped. People not answering their phones to us, the wicked FNMs who have been ostracising PLPs for more than four years are still in those positions running things.
“Word is out there that our leaders are being sympathetic towards FNMs and don’t want to let them go and that’s what is stalling us being placed where we were promised. Naturally we are not happy about this as the FNM showed no mercy to us when they came into office in 2017. There is a lot of quarreling going on and some MPs just decided to turn off their phones to avoid us. Well five years go by quickly. They will need us.”
The Tribune contacted Mr Mitchell, who is also the minister of foreign affairs and public service. Mr Mitchell denied any knowledge of infighting and promised to rectify the situation as soon as possible.
“There is no infighting that I know of,” Mr Mitchell said. “Board decisions are done at Cabinet level. It takes a while, but they will be settled in as timely a manner as humanly possible.”
Yesterday, the PLP stalwart councillor said if PLP supporters are not satisfied with promises fulfilled soon, then party officials will be deemed untrustworthy and regarded “differently” by supporters.
“We all about talking about Minnis don’t keep his word,” the party member said. “We are calling him names and saying that he says one thing and does the other, but we will be just as bad if Brave, Chester and Fred don’t start making a move.
“Everyone is really mad about all of this because we made plans. We would have to look at them differently and put them in a certain category.
“They need to remember that five years go by quickly.”
The stalwart councillor said supporters are willing to give PLP leaders one more week to get party affairs in order.
Comments
themessenger 2 years, 6 months ago
Classic case of letting ya mout write checks ya ass can't cash, Lol.
sheeprunner12 2 years, 6 months ago
The PLP lions are fighting over the empty cookie jar ......... gonna get nasty soon. LOL
stillwaters 2 years, 6 months ago
Oh Lord.......blackmail.....the government is being blackmailed by it's supporters for promised positions.....all ready to grab and raid that broken cookie jar.
stillwaters 2 years, 6 months ago
Say one more week.......jeez
hrysippus 2 years, 6 months ago
his report illustrates so well how the PLP have prostituted and corrupted the democratic process in our country. People vote not for the most able, the best candidate or party to lead the country to a better future but rather for the politico that promises the individual controlling voters the highest paying and most prestigious government job paid for by the taxpayer and future generations through borrowing. So very sad.
The_Oracle 2 years, 6 months ago
But doesn't it illustrate just how screwed up the political system is? Board appointments, Civil service positions filled not by capable people but simply by the loyal. And we wonder why the water in the bowl circles the drain as it goes down.
BONEFISH 2 years, 6 months ago
The pie is not big enough for every body. There is not enough seats around the table. So you have a lot of hungry party supporters. Quite a number of persons campaign and support a political party for their share of the spoils. The Americans use to call this the spoilsman system.
The late legendary Jamaican prime minister Michael Manley said this about politics in his country. Politics there has evolved to getting access to the scare benefits of the state. It is the same in the Bahamas.
birdiestrachan 2 years, 6 months ago
THE SOURCE PLP STALWART COUNCILLORS
Pseudonym FNM trouble makers. Snakes in human form
birdiestrachan 2 years, 6 months ago
THE SOURCE PLP STALWART COUNCILLORS
Pseudonym FNM trouble makers. Snakes in human form
FrustratedBusinessman 2 years, 6 months ago
This whole article is exactly what is wrong with this country. People feel entitled to positions that they haven't earned. We need to fix this horrid mentality of being "owed" something by the government just because we voted for that party before we fix anything else.
The Bahamas was/is not ready for universal suffrage, you cannot have a successful country when this mentality is possessed by most of your voting base.
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