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Free National Movement (FNM) Deputy Leader Loretta Butler-Turner said Prime Minister Perry Christie is the most \u201cincompetent and irresponsible prime minister and minister of finance since the advent of Cabinet government in The Bahamas.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a press statement released yesterday Mrs. Butler-Turner said Prime Minister Christie is very good at pleading ignorance and very poor at accepting responsibility.<\/p>\n
The FNM deputy leader quoted a portion of the prime minister\u2019s recent speech in the House of Assembly (HOA) where he spoke of both the minister of finance and the prime minister \u201cas if they were two different people.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBahamians do not trust the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) on financial matters and are concerned about how the PLP is spending public funds,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She added that Mr. Christie is failing to do his job as prime minister and as minister of finance.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven as the PLP is raising taxes and wants to increase the tax burden even more it went ahead and gave out $20 million dollars in untendered contracts in Andros. We can\u2019t trust the PLP with our money.\u201d<\/p>\n
She added that Mr. Christie is failing to do his job as prime minister and as minister of finance.<\/p>\n
Mrs. Butler-Turner also questioned if the prime minister was in fact up-to-date with his real property taxes.<\/p>\n
The government\u2019s key man on VAT recently revealed that he was behind in his real property taxes, prompting the opposition to criticise the government.<\/p>\n
The Opposition deputy leader also blasted the nation\u2019s chief for saying that he will now look into finding which government officials are in arrears with their taxes.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy is he just doing this now, nearly two years after returning to office and on the eve of introducing legislation on VAT, legislation that has been postponed on three occasions by an incompetent government?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wants the Bahamian people to pay taxes and wants to raise taxes on law-abiding citizens, including the poor, but doesn\u2019t know who in his own ranks are paying taxes? Is there one standard for the Bahamian people and another standard for PLP parliamentarians?\u201d<\/p>\n
Mrs. Butler-Turner insisted that the current government is one of double standards.<\/p>\n
She added that according to the actions of some of them, it does not matter if taxes are raised or lowered, they simply do not pay them.<\/p>\n
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