{"id":40171,"date":"2013-09-30T10:37:35","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T14:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=40171"},"modified":"2013-09-30T10:37:35","modified_gmt":"2013-09-30T14:37:35","slug":"christies-erratic-behaviour-criticized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2013\/09\/christies-erratic-behaviour-criticized","title":{"rendered":"Christie’s Erratic Behaviour Criticized"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Free National Movement (FNM)\u2008Chairman Darron Cash yesterday said that Bahamians have reason to be worried about Prime Minister Perry Christie\u2019s leadership ability based on his \u201crant\u201d against former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham at a public event.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Bahamian people have increasing reasons to be concerned about the continually impulsive and erratic behavior that they continue to see from the prime minister,\u201d Cash said yesterday.<\/p>\n

\u201cBahamians are expecting a more reasoned, balanced, level-headed leadership and they\u2019re not getting it from the prime minister. From day to day, Bahamians don\u2019t know which prime minister is going to show up and that is deeply troubling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cash said that the prime minister often seems like a \u201cdeer in the headlights\u201d who is seen \u201crambling and waffling\u201d to justify the government\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n

\u201cBahamians have [reason] to be deeply troubled about whether the prime minister has got the intellectual focus and discipline needed to continue leading this country,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Cash said it was \u201ctroubling\u201d that the prime minister used an opportunity to talk about national development and planning to \u201cundermine his very message\u201d.<\/p>\n

He noted that a day earlier Christie met with Leader of the FNM Dr. Hubert Minnis to discuss bi-partisanship and constitutional reform only to later \u201cattack\u201d the opposition.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Christie heavily criticized the fiscal policies of the Ingraham administration and said that the lack of a clear plan led the former government to overspend millions on infrastructure developments and pre-election ploys.<\/p>\n

The prime minister\u2019s comments came during a speech at the opening of a one-day seminar planned by the Office of the Prime Minister and the Inter-American Development Bank.<\/p>\n

The seminar was designed to discuss strategies for creating a national economic development plan.<\/p>\n

Several times during Christie\u2019s 50-minute speech, he suggested that Ingraham\u2019s financial policies were unsound, particularly the former government\u2019s spending on the over-budget New Providence Road Improvement Project.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you prepare road works, you don\u2019t come back afterwards because you neglected to consult the Water [and Sewerage] Corporation and they have to dig it back up to fix the water mains, and you end up spending millions and millions of dollars which you ought not have if you had planning in place,\u201d Christie said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith a macho politician, those who could make decisions, those who represent themselves to be super-decisive, they impose upon this country a great sin.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, Cash said the prime minister is \u201cwrong\u201d about the New Providence Road Improvement Project. He noted comments made by IDB Caribbean Department General Manager Gerad Johnson when he came to sign off on a contract to cover a loan for the additional road project funds last October.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is what he said,\u201d Cash told The Nassau Guardian. \u201cHe said, \u2018Due diligence that was done in this case was very complete. It was viewed by many eyes, including independent eyes. The important thing is that at the end of that process, the benefits continue to far outweigh the cost. Even the increased cost, that is the bottom line to why the IDB board approved it and that\u2019s the bottom line as to why we are proud to be sitting here today to sign it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Christie also accused Ingraham of spending millions just to satisfy voters ahead of the 2012 general election.<\/p>\n

The prime minister also lashed out at the media and urged the public not to be swayed by biased reports. He also referenced one opinion writer, The Nassau Guardian columnist Simon, who this week criticized him in the Front Porch column for being a politician who is heavy on talk and light on action.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot allow ourselves to be fooled as a people through silly, political positioning and public relations that is skewed and put forward by media for one political side,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

via The Nassau Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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