FREE National Movement (FNM) Chairman Sidney Collie has accused Minister of National Security Dr. Bernard Nottage of not caring how unsafe Bahamians feel, noting that five people were killed since the Bain and Grants Town MP proclaimed overall crime had dropped by 29 per cent.
“With another murder on Saturday, we have seen five murders in five days since Minister Nottage gave his speech declaring that crime is down,” Mr. Collie said in a statement yesterday.
“The PLP government’s ‘solutions’ are not working as our sons and daughters are being killed on our streets daily. The minister of national security who is protected by police and other security officers at all times, has no idea or does not care how unsafe the Bahamian people feel under the PLP government and his failed leadership of the security forces in our country. Whether it is night or day - the Bahamian people do not feel safe inside or outside their homes.
“Two weeks ago, the minister of national security was explaining away a weekend of multiple murders as ‘unusual’ before a chorus of backlash from the people forced him to backtrack. And just (last) week he declared that crime is down, yet every day this week the news has been filled with more brutal murders. On the very day he gave this speech two more Bahamian sons were viciously gunned down. This PLP government hides behind statistics but refuses to face the mother that lost her son, or the young lady that was sexually assaulted, and tell them that things are getting better and that they should feel safe.
“We in the FNM believe our people are more than numbers. To the PLP those that are murdered on our streets are just numbers, to the FNM they are tragic victims of a leaderless government that spends more time on numbers than on truly solving problems. The Bahamian people deserve better. They deserve a government that will offer solutions to fix our crime epidemic not just spend all their time trying to convince us all is well. We believe every Bahamian life matters and we will fight for them every day,” Mr. Collie said.
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