In the words of Murray Head's excellent song;
Say it ain't so Joe, please say it ain't so
That's not what I want to hear Joe
Ain't I got a right to know
Say it ain't so Joe, please say it ain't so
I'm sure they're telling us lies Joe
Please tell us it ain't so
Press reports in both The Tribune… and the Nassau Guardian… suggest that the governing party (PLP) are considering offering the purchasers of the majority shares in the local phone company from the government an extension of their monopoly and the date the market is opened up to competition.
Surely this is nothing more than political rhetoric?
The reason for the former government (FNM) "privatising" the phone company was to open the industry up to competition so consumers might benefit.
Liberalisation of the phone market would also provide an opportunity for Bahamian entrepreneurs.
Now we have this brazen attempt suggestion that we should turn back time to the days when the phone company was used as the beast of burden for political hacks and cronies. Not to mention the signed contracts etc.
It is just unbelievable. This is public policy you would expect from Castro or Chavez, not a democracy like ours.
As Murray Head said; "The song is about heroes and their "clay feet". It is also a plea from myself to the kind of "Joe Public" who in fear of losing face, refuse to relinquish their faith in a fallen idol."
The same can be said in this case.
It just shows so many in the political class do not operate with the country's best interest at heart. And if BTC goes for it should we hold them in high regard?
Sickening. Simply sickening.
