Cassius Stuart
11-23-05, - 12:36 AM
FNM and PLP Conventions
Official Press Statement
By: Cassius Stuart
Leader of The Bahamas Democratic Movement
Now that the circus is over and the clowns have gone home, it is time that the Bahamian people face the truth about the FNM and the PLP; they both have no direction for this country. The past two weeks were filled with political rhetoric, slander, back biting, racism, backstabbing and the list goes on.
The old political guards still believed that they can win the Bahamian electorate over by their foolish political tricks. The new Bahamian electorate is not a sucker for rhetoric and cheap political trills but we are only interested in the issues and the way forward.
The past two weeks have only proven what we in the BDM have been preaching for the last 5 years; that both the FNM and the PLP are corrupt and lack direction. The leaders of both of these organizations have no integrity and do not respect the leadership of the next generation.
During the charade of the last two weeks both the PLP and the FNM spoke of crime and immigration as if it is some new phenomenon. Both crime and immigration had been major problems under the FNM and they remain major problems under the PLP. The FNM did not have any answers then and they do not have any answers now. The PLP on the other hand, has clearly demonstrated that they are out of touch and don’t have a clue when it come to dealing with crime and immigration.
Hubert Alexander Ingraham has aborted the future leadership of the next generation of FNMs. His come back may have been significant and celebrated by the old guard, but it was detrimental to the future of his party and our country. In one single move, Hubert Alexander Ingraham has crushed the future seed of his party. His bid to return to leadership did not only affect Tommy Turnquest, but also younger generation of FNMs.
If the older guards of FNMs don’t believe in their young leaders, then who will? How could the FNMs expect the country to believe in their new leaders, and they don’t. Mr. Ingraham’s season has come and gone and yet the FNMs still think he has the answers. The Bahamian electorate should not be deceived into thinking that something great is about to happen because of Mr. Ingraham’s return.
He is the same man who lost touch with the Bahamian people during the second term of his administration. He is the same man who angered the Bahamian electorate with the referendum and the same man who ultimately lost the election in 2002. Mr. Ingraham can not take this country any further than he has already taken us. This country needs NEW leadership.
The PLP is no different from the FNM. Their rudderless ship has been floating for the last three years with no direction. They believe that selling our country to Multi-national corporations through foreign investment is a vision. They believe that prostituting our birth-right is hope for our people.
The PLP is of the impression that jobs can solve our problems. If it could the FNM would have had the solution when they brought those many jobs through Atlantis. Our people need more than jobs; they need to be empowered to own their own country and to own their jobs. Our people need to be employers rather than employees. A 9 to 5 job can never make a man rich; so why does the FNM and the PLP want to keep our people in the web of poverty?
Dr. Bernard Nottage’s return to the PLP echo’s strongly that that generation of leaders has lost their integrity. His political move was no different from his former cabinet colleague Hubert Alexander Ingraham. History will remember them as back stabbers and leaders who were only interested in their own selfish gain. How could this man who last week said the PLP was directionless and corrupt jump on a stage this week and say the PLP is the best party for the nation? I am confused! What changed about the PLP in one week?
The nation is sick and tired of spineless, jelly back so call political leaders who ride the backs of other people for their own selfish gain. How could Dr. Nottage abandon all those young people who believed in him? He sold them on the idea that we need something new. New leadership, new direction, new hope, but he went back to the same old thing. I am confused!
What type of message are we sending to our young people? The message that you can compromise what you believe in and that personal gain is more important than principle. No wonder our country is in a state of disarray. Our political leaders have no principles. Yet they still think they have something to contribute.
Perry Christie, Hubert Ingraham and Dr, Bernard Nottage represent the old boys club. All protégés of Sir Lynden Pingling who have a per notion that they all have a divine right to govern this country and they will all do what it takes to make it happen.
The BDM would like to put the three of you on notice Mr. Perry Christie, Mr. Hubert Ingraham and Dr, Bernard Knottage , the hand writing is on the wall. You all have been weighed, measured and you have been found wanting. Your time and your season have ended, yet you refuse to let the next generation emerge. You will be judged by the Bahamian people and your judgment will come swiftly
The BDM will not allow you, Mr. Hubert Ingraham to deceive the people into thinking that you are a knight in shining armor coming to save the people. You are finished and your contribution should only be to support the next generation of leaders.
Mr. Christie, you can no longer hide behind the church thinking God will slip you in again. God is not mocked. The people’s eyes are opened to your scams to get power. It is disgraceful to use God as a front to get political power. This generation sees you for who you are, visionless and directionless.
Mr. Nottage the BDM call your political move disgraceful and was clearly motivated by the lust for power. You speak of service as if service can only be offered in the PLP but it is clear that you know nothing of service only self. The next generation of leaders hang our heads down in shame because of what you have done. If the people you led for the last 5 years can’t trust you, why do you think the Bahamian people should trust you? You have no integrity.
“The mark of a true leader in not measured by the number of follows one has but by the number of leaders one creates. The mark of a true master is not measured by the number of disciples one have but by the number of masters one develops”.
From this measuring stick, Mr. Hubert Ingraham is not a true leader because he has failed to develop anyone capable of taking over when he is gone. Mr. Perry Christie, and Dr. Bernard Nottage have also failed because they too have not developed any leaders or masters. They have failed to plant their seed in the next generation and therefore, their seed will die with them.
If the next generations of leaders fail to emerge, our country will fall in utter chaos and our children and children’s children will suffer. The BDM represents that next generation of leaders. We are the only hope for a brighter tomorrow. The time has now come for us as a people to make some radical political changes in our country. It now time to try something new. Time to try the BDM.
Official Press Statement
By: Cassius Stuart
Leader of The Bahamas Democratic Movement
Now that the circus is over and the clowns have gone home, it is time that the Bahamian people face the truth about the FNM and the PLP; they both have no direction for this country. The past two weeks were filled with political rhetoric, slander, back biting, racism, backstabbing and the list goes on.
The old political guards still believed that they can win the Bahamian electorate over by their foolish political tricks. The new Bahamian electorate is not a sucker for rhetoric and cheap political trills but we are only interested in the issues and the way forward.
The past two weeks have only proven what we in the BDM have been preaching for the last 5 years; that both the FNM and the PLP are corrupt and lack direction. The leaders of both of these organizations have no integrity and do not respect the leadership of the next generation.
During the charade of the last two weeks both the PLP and the FNM spoke of crime and immigration as if it is some new phenomenon. Both crime and immigration had been major problems under the FNM and they remain major problems under the PLP. The FNM did not have any answers then and they do not have any answers now. The PLP on the other hand, has clearly demonstrated that they are out of touch and don’t have a clue when it come to dealing with crime and immigration.
Hubert Alexander Ingraham has aborted the future leadership of the next generation of FNMs. His come back may have been significant and celebrated by the old guard, but it was detrimental to the future of his party and our country. In one single move, Hubert Alexander Ingraham has crushed the future seed of his party. His bid to return to leadership did not only affect Tommy Turnquest, but also younger generation of FNMs.
If the older guards of FNMs don’t believe in their young leaders, then who will? How could the FNMs expect the country to believe in their new leaders, and they don’t. Mr. Ingraham’s season has come and gone and yet the FNMs still think he has the answers. The Bahamian electorate should not be deceived into thinking that something great is about to happen because of Mr. Ingraham’s return.
He is the same man who lost touch with the Bahamian people during the second term of his administration. He is the same man who angered the Bahamian electorate with the referendum and the same man who ultimately lost the election in 2002. Mr. Ingraham can not take this country any further than he has already taken us. This country needs NEW leadership.
The PLP is no different from the FNM. Their rudderless ship has been floating for the last three years with no direction. They believe that selling our country to Multi-national corporations through foreign investment is a vision. They believe that prostituting our birth-right is hope for our people.
The PLP is of the impression that jobs can solve our problems. If it could the FNM would have had the solution when they brought those many jobs through Atlantis. Our people need more than jobs; they need to be empowered to own their own country and to own their jobs. Our people need to be employers rather than employees. A 9 to 5 job can never make a man rich; so why does the FNM and the PLP want to keep our people in the web of poverty?
Dr. Bernard Nottage’s return to the PLP echo’s strongly that that generation of leaders has lost their integrity. His political move was no different from his former cabinet colleague Hubert Alexander Ingraham. History will remember them as back stabbers and leaders who were only interested in their own selfish gain. How could this man who last week said the PLP was directionless and corrupt jump on a stage this week and say the PLP is the best party for the nation? I am confused! What changed about the PLP in one week?
The nation is sick and tired of spineless, jelly back so call political leaders who ride the backs of other people for their own selfish gain. How could Dr. Nottage abandon all those young people who believed in him? He sold them on the idea that we need something new. New leadership, new direction, new hope, but he went back to the same old thing. I am confused!
What type of message are we sending to our young people? The message that you can compromise what you believe in and that personal gain is more important than principle. No wonder our country is in a state of disarray. Our political leaders have no principles. Yet they still think they have something to contribute.
Perry Christie, Hubert Ingraham and Dr, Bernard Nottage represent the old boys club. All protégés of Sir Lynden Pingling who have a per notion that they all have a divine right to govern this country and they will all do what it takes to make it happen.
The BDM would like to put the three of you on notice Mr. Perry Christie, Mr. Hubert Ingraham and Dr, Bernard Knottage , the hand writing is on the wall. You all have been weighed, measured and you have been found wanting. Your time and your season have ended, yet you refuse to let the next generation emerge. You will be judged by the Bahamian people and your judgment will come swiftly
The BDM will not allow you, Mr. Hubert Ingraham to deceive the people into thinking that you are a knight in shining armor coming to save the people. You are finished and your contribution should only be to support the next generation of leaders.
Mr. Christie, you can no longer hide behind the church thinking God will slip you in again. God is not mocked. The people’s eyes are opened to your scams to get power. It is disgraceful to use God as a front to get political power. This generation sees you for who you are, visionless and directionless.
Mr. Nottage the BDM call your political move disgraceful and was clearly motivated by the lust for power. You speak of service as if service can only be offered in the PLP but it is clear that you know nothing of service only self. The next generation of leaders hang our heads down in shame because of what you have done. If the people you led for the last 5 years can’t trust you, why do you think the Bahamian people should trust you? You have no integrity.
“The mark of a true leader in not measured by the number of follows one has but by the number of leaders one creates. The mark of a true master is not measured by the number of disciples one have but by the number of masters one develops”.
From this measuring stick, Mr. Hubert Ingraham is not a true leader because he has failed to develop anyone capable of taking over when he is gone. Mr. Perry Christie, and Dr. Bernard Nottage have also failed because they too have not developed any leaders or masters. They have failed to plant their seed in the next generation and therefore, their seed will die with them.
If the next generations of leaders fail to emerge, our country will fall in utter chaos and our children and children’s children will suffer. The BDM represents that next generation of leaders. We are the only hope for a brighter tomorrow. The time has now come for us as a people to make some radical political changes in our country. It now time to try something new. Time to try the BDM.