By OSWALD T. BROWN
WASHINGTON, D.C., December 9, 2021 – Philip “Brave” Davis, leader of the opposition Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) in The Bahamas, is currently in Washington, D.C. for what party officials describe as “a series of wide-ranging economic policy discussions.”
Accompanied by his aides, Mr. Davis arrived in D.C. on Thursday night and is scheduled to return to The Bahamas on Sunday, April 11.
The Bahamas currently is in the midst of a spirited campaign for the next general election, which constitutionally is not due until May 2022, but most political observers predict that voters will go to the polls to elect a new government well before then, with some speculating that the stage is being set for an election as early as June.
Indeed, earlier this week at the opening of the PLP’s Elizabeth constituency campaign headquarters on Fox Hill Road, Davis launched a blistering attack on the Free National Movement (FNM), headed by Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis, highlighting a number of broken promises made by the Prime Minister.
As The Nassau Guardian, one of The Bahamas’ leading newspapers reported on April 3, Davis “urged Bahamians not to be swayed by Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis and the “new” promises he is making as he seeks re-election,” declaring that and declared The Bahamas can not afford another five years of FNM governance.
“I think ‘it’s the people’s time’ is the biggest broken promise in Bahamian history,” Davis was quoted as saying. “Remember ‘Campaign Minnis’? That’s the version of Minnis you see when all those red shirts come out. You know the Minnis I’m talking about, right? The Minnis who promises transparency and accountability? The Minnis who said he’d put in place a fixed election date? The Minnis who said he was for the poor? Remember him? Well, he’s back. Campaign Minnis, 2021 edition, has all kinds of new promises, even though he’s failed to keep his old ones. We can’t afford another five years of this, my friends.”
