Coalition of Independents (COI) supporters, lead by Lincoln Bain, demonstrate outside the House of Assembly on November 27, 2024. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
By KEILE CAMPBELL
Tribune Staff Reporter
kcampbell@tribunemedia.net
THE Coalition of Independents (COI) protested outside Parliament, demanding a mandatory death penalty and reforms to tackle systemic crime.
Inside, Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis addressed allegations from a US federal indictment linking police officers to smuggling and a Bahamian politician to $2m in bribes.
COI leader Lincoln Bain called for Police Commissioner Clayton Fernander’s resignation and criticised Mr Davis and National Security Minister Wayne Munroe.
“We want Wayne Munroe and we want the Prime Minister to just say it wasn’t me,” he said.
He demanded a Commission of Inquiry, adding: “This document right here is enough for a Commission of Inquiry to be held right away.”
The protest also pushed for a referendum to mandate the death penalty and redefine life imprisonment. “Life imprisonment is not defined in our law,” Mr Bain said, criticising legislative “loopholes” that allow early releases.
Mr Bain condemned the PLP and FNM as corrupt and urged voters to reject traditional parties. “Are you going to still allow them to continue to take this country down to the dogs? Not on my watch,” he declared.
Comments
hrysippus 4 months ago
Yawn. Linky still trying for the Cookie Jar, aye? What happened to free money from aragonite?
TalRussell 4 months ago
Protest is good and even when you're advocating on the wrong side as to Capital Punishment. -- But it's also bad timing. -- Protests are not supposed to disrupt by switching the focus away** from corruption by policemans' and the government. -- Yes?
ThisIsOurs 4 months ago
I'm almost certain Pindling and Milo Butler would have also been looked at as rabble rousers in their day as they disrupted the house.
But something is just off with Mr Bain. I watched his video regarding the police who had the confrontation with Jobeth and one thing was clear to me, this a money making venture. Clearly. The first thing that happened, the video made you wait for four minutes. That's a minimum youtube watch time ruse. Then for the, I cant say entire video, because at some point I got disgusted with the obvious stall tactics, but ceryainly for the length of time I watched, Mr Bain spent 60% of it alternately, fiddling with his phone, looking up in the air, claiming to download documents he could have prepared beforehand... While "a" goal may have been to reveal some honeypot news, to "me" the chief objective appeared to be, hook viewers into longer viewing times, because that's youtube dollars.
And the more crazy antics Mr Bain does, the more opportunity for another "wait for it" youtube video.
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