by Edward Hutcheson
When governments change, the business of government must be seen as priority. A change in government can be used as an opportunity to help persons, but it should not be used as an opportunity to create mischief; the mischief of appointing persons beyond their competence in the name of the Party. Politicians must be held accountable for the lies they promote. The Party must not be put ahead of the country. The Public Purse must not be changed into a slush fund, because “it is our time now”. We speak of leadership and the need to help others, but this cannot happen at the expense of another Bahamian who is doing their job. Political leaders lie to themselves as they go about this business of “helping”. It is like they only want to help those who have a blind allegiance to them and God help the rest; forgetting that they were elected to lead all who are in the nation, even if they did not vote for them.
Can we be about the business of leading and not political pandering? Can we fulfil our God-ordained obligation to all of the Bahamians that we say we believe in? Or is it going to be easier to continue the lies that do nothing to repair the fractures inflicted to the social fabric, because of our political expediencies?
A nation so small cannot afford to have these hiccups caused through re-assigning and re-appointments. If they are needed no problem. If the person coming in is known to be the better choice, no problem. But anything else cannot be afforded and is not needed, in a time when the machinery of government must be seen as a priority, even to those who lead.
June 28, 2012
