The Tribune

EDITOR, The Tribune.

There will be a lot of powerful people such as politicians and the likes taking a collective sigh of relief on the death of Ivan Johnson.

The Bahamas is riddled with corruption and hypocrisy in equal measures and an intellectual such as Ivan took great pleasure in exposing both. He was utterly unfazed about the subsequent outcome.

He received death threats for his honesty in exposing some of the skullduggery which is to a degree the norm here. The Bahamas was founded by pirates and we have plenty still here alive and well.

He found via his vast network of contacts mountains of dirt on the rich and famous and various politicians.

Traditionally the PLP is a breeding ground for corrupt politicians so they got his full attention. In fairness, however, he would be equally virulent in his condemnation of any FNM who stepped out of line.

A classic cartoon in the Punch summed up Ivan. It shows a fuming Bahamian vexed by a bikini clad girl on P3 whilst non plussed by rape, child molestation, crime, ignorance and incest and the likes. Perfectly exposing the undercurrent hypocrisy of The Bahamas.

He will be greatly missed, investigative reporting and his type of journalism may well disappear from the Bahamas and as a society we will be the worse for it. Who now will keep the rich and powerful in check?

RIP Ivan.

THE REALIST

Nassau,

October 7, 2021.