EDITOR, The Tribune.
The Letter to the Editor – Voter against Govt., not citizenship and signed D Rolle - is a great comment as politicians and their advisers incorrectly have decided to risk, at your political life, taking a further referendum. Nothing to fear if the government of the day has been governing well - no scandals, or has the critical thing that has decided recent elections at a low, so-called arrogance level?
Referenda are part of the Westminster tradition of governance. It is a means to testing the water — public opinion on seen critical issues … if in 2006 under Ingraham the points he placed in Referenda had been accepted imagine all the time wasted since could have been avoided. Same goes under the PLP Perry Christie, but Editor, in both cases by the time the date for the referendum came, the arrogance level was so high nothing could have satisfied the blood-taking which those who participated took.
Participating in referenda? Law should be changed – No referenda will pass unless more than 50% plus one of the total number of voters who participated in the immediate past general election must vote...We cannot forget how the Christie interrupted the vote on Gaming … in my opinion this was a Public relations deal! Gaming rejected, but became a reality!
H HUMES
Nassau,
October 1, 2023.
Comments
hrysippus 7 months, 2 weeks ago
No administration will willingly hold a referendum ever again in the Bahamas, The religious leaders get involved to forward their personal agendas and the government in power pays the price. Rt. Hon. Ingraham found this out as did that other prime minister whose name is best forgotten; "it was was an opinion poll not a referendum........
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