Dear Editor,

After Attorney General Carl Bethel stated that there was nothing said by any FNM MP during the budget debate that raised criminal concerns with respect to the PLP government's handling of public funds, smug PLPs bragged that the FNM "They Gern to Jail" campaign has fallen flat on its face. While nothing in our judicial system is in place to penalize government malfeasance, cronyism and gross mismanagement, Bahamians are hopeful that Minister of Public Works Desmond Bannister's scenario of the Caribbean Court of Justice giving the Belizean government legal grounds to sue two former Cabinet ministers for misfeasance, could be applied in The Bahamas.
The FNM was catapulted to power based on incessant accusations of systemic corruption in the Christie government. Bahamians had a difficult time understanding how the PLP could raise over $1 billion in VAT in addition to billions collected through other forms of taxation, and yet hear reports of $2 billion being added to the national debt in five years. To them, nothing was adding up. The FNM won 35 of the 39 seats, not because of PM Dr Hubert Minnis' campaign platform to reduce or eliminate VAT on breadbasket items, electricity and other utilities, health insurance, etc. They didn't hand over to Minnis and co the largest landslide election victory in Bahamian history because of his pledge to make Over-the-Hill a type of Freeport city with tax exemptions. They didn't vote FNM because of Minnis' charisma and great oratorical skills. Truth is, Minnis has none of those. Most Bahamians voted for the FNM in order to see PLP politicians and their cronies, who may have pillaged the treasury, prosecuted. They voted FNM because they want to see PLP politicians do the Bank Lane shuffle, like everybody else who breaks the law.
Bahamians are currently waiting with bated breath for the outcome of the various audit reports to be completed. However, notwithstanding the impending forensic audit reports, the Whistleblower is already sensing that the electorate is growing impatient with the FNM, despite only being in power for a little under 50 days. Bahamians are beginning to wonder if the FNM used the jail threats to PLPs who may have been engaged in malfeasance in the lead up to May 10, in order to win votes. If the Minnis administration fails to bring anyone to account within the next six months, the Whistleblower feels that this administration will lose the goodwill of a substantial majority of voters who supported the FNM in the election. In the meantime, the PLP is already gaining traction and will no doubt rebound, despite its current shambolic condition. Many of the former PLP Cabinet ministers and MPs who assisted in making a complete mess of this country will re-emerge with a defiant posture in 2022. PLP cronies who may have pocketed millions via inflated contracts are already laughing with glee at the Bahamian electorate. One particular self-styled PLP Facebook activist hiding behind a fake profile is already saying that Bahamians are stupid for believing anything Minnis said on the campaign stage.
The Bahamian people are peeved. If no one is held to account, then the FNM might as well forfeit the 2022 general election, rather than nominate any of its candidates, as the party would be a hard sell. Most voters, including the Whistleblower, will view the FNM and PLP as two sides of the same coin. If nobody is punished for what transpired between 2012-20017, the Whistleblower will not be wasting his time in voting in 2022. That is the sentiment that is shared by many disillusioned voters across The Bahamas.

- The Whistleblower

Dear Editor,
"It's the people's time." This is so true. The heavenly powers have decreed it. Judgement by fire. Everything that is corrupt will be burned in this season. This is a time of judgement and truth. Many things are being uncovered that were hidden for a long time. For instance, incredible theft -- not only in the public sector, but also in the private. Staggering sums of public monies were stolen during the previous administration under the guise of "employment", leaving the present government with the mammoth task of rescuing the country from bankruptcy. Lord, help us all.
Many persons are currently living in houses on land for which they have no title documents, laying claim to Crown Land or land indisputably owned by others. Some Bahamians refuse to discontinue their trespass and get their police friends involved to hararss and threaten the true owners. We are not talking about illegal Haitians or Jamaicans, but Bahamians who have a legal right under the law to peace and privacy.
The Quieting Titles Act of The Bahamas states that if an individual has been in occupation of a piece of land for an uninterrupted and continuous period of 12 years or more, they can petition the court for a certificate of title as evidence of their ownership against all and sundry.
Under this new government I believe that all thieves will be brought to justice by the Supreme Court. Hopefully, in keeping with the law, these thieves will be removed from the houses and properties of decent Bahamian people who have worked hard to secure their properties. Unsavory characters who claim to be Bahamians, many coming from Family Islands looking for unsuspecting persons they can target as a means of establishing themselves on their properties, should not receive any leniency from the courts.
Anyone petitioning the Supreme Court with false evidence must be penalized. The Supreme Court will determine who is the rightful owner.

- Victimized

Dear Editor,

I write with reference to The Nassau Guardian of Friday, June 16, and especially to the editorial and the front page entitled, "Most students fail English and math".
I have a question. Could it be we have the wrong examination? The Maraj Report of 1975 thought so. I was indirectly involved.

- Patrick J. Bethel, a concerned retired teacher