The Tribune

EDITOR, The Tribune.

There is shared responsibility between the government and its citizens for the state of affairs in a country. In this letter I will focus on the government and in a future letter I will focus on the Bahamian citizens.

A little more than a year ago the Progressive Liberal Party, led by Perry Christie, was elected as the government of the Bahamas.

They promised bolstering the economy, a reduction in crime, more jobs, and a laundry list of others. What have they delivered thus far?

What progress can the Bahamian people point to in order to show that their government is working for them?

It’s about time our elected leaders got serious…about the economy, jobs, our society, and especially about the level of crime in the Bahamas.

Every day, whether you read the newspaper or listen to the news there’s a report of more murder(s). And, the only thing we here from the government is that “crime has gone down 11 per cent”, as reported in one of the local newspapers recently. Seriously?

Criminal activity, especially violent crimes, has become a serious issue in our country, and one of the reasons it has gotten to this point is the lack of leadership and a response from the government.

While our Prime Minister has time to engage in talks with Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) to attempt to broker a deal to buy back 2 per cent of BTC with money the government doesn’t have, and while he also has time to spend months promoting a poorly organised, and ultimately failed referendum on legalising “Web Shops” gambling; he, apparently, has not been able to find the time to recognise that the level of crime in our country is a serious issue, and to organise an appropriate response.

Mr Christie, your country needs you. We need you to lead, because right now it seems as if our country has no direction.

It says in the Bible, “Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he – Proverbs 29: 18.

Mr Christie, we need to see your vision.

KRISTOFFERSON CULMER

Nassau,

June, 2013.