His throwaway comment on air that he and his colleagues “had a laugh about it” infuriated scores of Bahamians who described the Cabinet Room fracas as a national disgrace.
“I am ashamed to be a Bahamian today,” said Ms Deanka Edwards, who called The Tribune to vent her views.
“This government has done so much to damage and sully the reputation of this country. The way the prime minister tried to downplay the incident means that he must think we are collectively stupid.”
She said the time had come for Bahamians to take a close look at the kind of people who are running the country. “We have now had some ministers and other leading politicians accused of breaking and entering property, rape, bribery and now having a fist fight in the Cabinet Room. What is this country coming to?”
Ms Edwards said she wondered what kind of example the government thought it was setting to young criminals who were seen as “scumbuckets” by society.
“I want men and women of honour leading this country for my nieces and nephews to look up to. I would have liked Mr Christie to say he was looking into the matter.
“Instead he said he and his colleagues had a laugh about it. This is not a laughing mat
ter. It was utterly wrong for him to say that.
“The world is a global place now. What we do here can be heard and seen in France.”
Talk show listeners also weighed in with heavy criticism of the two men involved – Keod Smith and Kenyatta Gibson – and some even said they would never vote for the PLP again because of the incident.
Attorney Fred Smith described the fight as “a disgrace to democracy.”
He said it showed how little respect PLP politicians had for each other and the public at large. “The sooner we get them ‘out of power the better,” he added.
Source: The Tribune
