By Dennis Dames
The issue of political victimization in the Bahamian society
is a grim one - which every political party that ruled The Bahamas is guilty
of. Healing and resolution will only
come when the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), Free National Movement (FNM),
and the United Bahamian Party (UBP) principals admit to being associated with
it.
Continuous denials will only sow seeds of distrust among the
masses, because he who feels it knows it.
Nasty political divisions run deep in our country; and political victimization
is the main reason for it – in my view.
The Bahamas will not mature gracefully and prosperously when
we are hurting one another. We are about
to celebrate forty (40) years of Independence, and all we have to show for it
is hazardous political gangs fighting to control our government and economy.
The people and country’s best interest have been lost
somewhere along the way; and all we have just now is a battle to see who could fool
the electorate to elect them, so that they could victimize the hell out of
their political enemies without mercy.
Yes, we prefer to see our fellow Bahamian brothers and
sisters as foes rather than partners for a better Bahamas for all and
sundry. This is indeed a sad and
depressing state of affairs.
Respect is due to doctor Hubert Minnis - the leader of the
Free National Movement (FNM), for admitting that his party did victimized
Bahamians while in power, and thumbs down to those in the same party who say
otherwise.
The good doctor should realize now that he has wicked adversaries
within the ranks of the Free National Movement (FNM), and I believe that he has
the public support in weeding out those who are in denial about his Party’s past
victimization reality.
These are some grave times in our nation - and in order for
us Bahamians to move forward, upward, onward and together – we must unite
accordingly. Political victimization is
alive and well in The Bahamas today; and the governing party is not the only
guilty party in this regard.
Check out the various political groups on Facebook – for example,
and one would easily discover the high level of political intolerance amongst
Bahamians - and towards Bahamians. Even
the most educated of us condescend to the lowest of levels when we do not agree
with another brother or sister’s political perspective. It’s like so many of us have turned in to
political cannibals for the sake of dedicated political affiliation.
It’s destroying us, and we will proudly
celebrate forty (40) years of being politically divisive in 2013. What madness is this my people?
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