Cassius Stuart
10-07-03, - 10:05 PM
The office of the leader of the Bahamas Democratic Movement
After careful observation of how the Government handled the horrific situation concerning the five missing boys in Grand Bahama, raises some serious concerns for the BDM. The inefficient way in which the government addressed and dealt with this situation demands the resignation of the Minister of National Security.
This year, five of our future leaders have been allowed to be snatched away from our care, seemingly without a trace. The BDM commends the community and the police of Grand Bahama for pulling together in search for the missing boy. The steps taken by the local community of Grand Bahama was the right one and worthy of praise.
However, the Government failed in its duties because it failed to take the necessary measures and enforce a mandatory curfew after the first boy’s disappearance. It took the other four of our future leaders to go missing before the government saw the importance of protecting our children.
The future of our country lies in our children. If we are to secure our future as a country, then the safety, the health and the welfare of our children must be paramount in everything we do. Our priority as a country must be to protect our children at all cost, and if we cannot protect our children, our very existence as a people will be threatened.
The BDM believes the Government could have done more in this situation. The disappearance of the first boy should have been sufficient to warrant a SERIOUS investigation and invoke a mandatory curfew on the island of Grand Bahama until the culprits are caught; now, five of our boys are missing! What is also troubling, regarding this situation is the fact that now that the international media is branding The Bahamas as an unsafe tourist destination, we begin to tighten our belts and beef up security.
It is a shame that this government responds only when the tourism industry is threatened, rather than out of genuine concern for the people, and in particular our children. Our children should be the number one priority of the government, rather than tourism. Tourism should not be considered our number one asset, it should be our people.
The Duty of the Minister of National Security is to provide and ensure national protection for all our citizens. If the Bahamian people are living in fear because they don’t feel nationally secure, then it is obvious that the minister failed in her duties and is not fit to occupy the office.
It is obvious that the Government of The Bahamas did not take this matter serous enough and now we are suffering the consequences. I therefore demand the resignation of the Minister of National Security, Cynthia Pratt who has failed to be a good mother as she has lost 5 of her children.
This blatant neglect cannot be allowed to continue any further. We must protect our children both from the hand of kidnappers and the neglectful nature of the Bahamian Government.
Cassius Sruart
Bahamas Democratic Movement
www.bdm2000.com
Views expressed in this post are solely those of the writer and does not in any way represent the views of Bahamas Issues, its owner or affiliates.
After careful observation of how the Government handled the horrific situation concerning the five missing boys in Grand Bahama, raises some serious concerns for the BDM. The inefficient way in which the government addressed and dealt with this situation demands the resignation of the Minister of National Security.
This year, five of our future leaders have been allowed to be snatched away from our care, seemingly without a trace. The BDM commends the community and the police of Grand Bahama for pulling together in search for the missing boy. The steps taken by the local community of Grand Bahama was the right one and worthy of praise.
However, the Government failed in its duties because it failed to take the necessary measures and enforce a mandatory curfew after the first boy’s disappearance. It took the other four of our future leaders to go missing before the government saw the importance of protecting our children.
The future of our country lies in our children. If we are to secure our future as a country, then the safety, the health and the welfare of our children must be paramount in everything we do. Our priority as a country must be to protect our children at all cost, and if we cannot protect our children, our very existence as a people will be threatened.
The BDM believes the Government could have done more in this situation. The disappearance of the first boy should have been sufficient to warrant a SERIOUS investigation and invoke a mandatory curfew on the island of Grand Bahama until the culprits are caught; now, five of our boys are missing! What is also troubling, regarding this situation is the fact that now that the international media is branding The Bahamas as an unsafe tourist destination, we begin to tighten our belts and beef up security.
It is a shame that this government responds only when the tourism industry is threatened, rather than out of genuine concern for the people, and in particular our children. Our children should be the number one priority of the government, rather than tourism. Tourism should not be considered our number one asset, it should be our people.
The Duty of the Minister of National Security is to provide and ensure national protection for all our citizens. If the Bahamian people are living in fear because they don’t feel nationally secure, then it is obvious that the minister failed in her duties and is not fit to occupy the office.
It is obvious that the Government of The Bahamas did not take this matter serous enough and now we are suffering the consequences. I therefore demand the resignation of the Minister of National Security, Cynthia Pratt who has failed to be a good mother as she has lost 5 of her children.
This blatant neglect cannot be allowed to continue any further. We must protect our children both from the hand of kidnappers and the neglectful nature of the Bahamian Government.
Cassius Sruart
Bahamas Democratic Movement
www.bdm2000.com
Views expressed in this post are solely those of the writer and does not in any way represent the views of Bahamas Issues, its owner or affiliates.