The Tribune

EDITOR, The Tribune.

EMPEROR Napoleon Bonaparte once said,

“I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up”.

I was reading an article recently in The Nassau Guardian where the author referred to Prime Minister Perry Christie as the Emperor. The more I thought about this declaration, the more I was convinced that the author is right.

Mr Christie has lost two referendums in one term in office. Crime, specifically murder under his watch has reached unprecedented record levels. The economy is almost stagnant as thousands of Bahamians continue to be jobless.

Corruption is at an all time high and it has blinded the conscience of Mr Christie and his government.

Certainly in a democratic society, you would think that there would be much stronger dissenting voices in the governing Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) who would speak up to have this dinosaur leader demit office.

We are operating under the guise that we have a prime minister, when in fact we have an Emperor.

Emperor Christie sits on his high throne despite the fact that he is out of ideas and does not presently possess the intellectual capacity to positively move this country forward. He is out of touch and he should be out of time.

If you look at the powers that Mr Christie possesses, you would better understand why the Bahamas is led by an Emperor and not a prime minister.

Oh and our dear Emperor has all of his clothes on. He knows his colleagues who want to take his throne very well. His latest public utterance on why he was staying on as leader almost begged the PLP leader hopefuls to respond. Mr Davis did utter a response to Mr Christie saying that the PLP would become unstable If he were to leave, but he was very careful in his response.

Mr Christie knows that Davis alone cannot remove him as leader of the PLP. Emperors are not going to walk in office one day and relinquish power. Removing an emperor is never an easy task. It can get ugly, but sometimes it takes a few good men to combine their political forces and act.

Mr Christie’s insatiable lust for power is evident. He has to know by now that he has been an abysmal and shameful failure. I am convinced that he is acutely aware of this. If you are in a room full of smoke, no matter how you try to blind yourself to it, you will eventually have to leave that room or die from smoke inhalation. You might not cause the smoke to cease but you know it’s there.

The Emperor knows there is smoke in the room but he has no clue what steps to take to effectively deal with it and right now this is why the Bahamas is essentially experiencing a blazing fire.

I am again calling on those cabinet ministers who must know that Mr Christie’s time has come and gone to stop playing politics and rid the country of his leadership. Muster up some balls for once in your political lives. Emperor Christie will not leave. He has to be removed.

DEHAVILLAND MOSS

Nassau,

July 25, 2016.