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said pandemic emergency measures will
be abandoned and governance of the
country will return to the days of ordinary
legislation.
“I think the prime minister is clear in
his messages before election in that we’re
looking to not go to emergency order to
emergency order but to set up a framework
and an existence in legislation that
will allow us to govern in these instances
and pandemic without having to put
emergency orders in place and have that
oversight of the Bahamian people.”
The FNM, was meanwhile, weighed
down by persistent allegations of corruption
in the award of state contracts to
chronies during its four year term, but
Minnis said he believed that voters would
have shown some understanding of the
fact that the archipelago was battered by
mega storms Irma and Dorian in the past
three years. Just when the recovery from
Dorian started, he argued, the global
pandemic struck as countries shuttered
airports, cruise lines switched off engines
in ports and as the lifeline tourism sector
and revenues dried up. These handed
him a political death sentence he said.
More than 40 American dollar multi millionaires
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were among the 229 candidates
vying for the 39 seats including — of
course Davis and Minnis.
Bahamians have restricted every government
to a single term since 1997.
Minnis thought he would have bucked
that trend.
In his acceptance speech, Davis promised
to avoid the FNM pitfall of also being
out of touch with the electorate, noting
that” there is much work to be done.
We are going to listen. We are going to
consult widely. And we are going to bring
people together. That is the best way to
make progress as a nation. No leader and
no government should be isolated from
the people.”
Continued from Page 1
News said.
“The place is in a state of emergency,
and we need to act now,” New
York State Assembly Member Jessica
González-Rojas told CBS News on
Thursday. “We must work to decarcerate.”
New York State Senator Jabari Brisport
said some inmates waited months
for trials in small, cage-like rooms
and did not have access to bathrooms,
according to CBS News.
“In one of the intake facilities that is
so overcrowded, they have been staying
in rooms without bathrooms,” the network
quoted Brisport as saying. “Usually,
they would be in there a few hours.
Some have been in there for days.”
Hochul called New York’s current
parole system “antiquated” and blamed
the program for failing to provide
inmates with helpful ways to reenter
society, according to CBS News, adding
that the governor said it ultimately
gives them a “ticket back into jail” and
fuels the issue of overcrowding.
New York Mayor Bill De Blasio has
issued an emergency order to relieve
major problems for Rikers’ staff and
inmates.
The order adds harsher penalties for
staff who don’t show up for their shift,
allows for quicker emergency repairs
and speeds up intakes to prevent overcrowding,
CBS News said.
“New York City will take any action
necessary to keep everyone safe
throughout the justice system,” the
mayor said. “These reforms will do just
that — both by taking immediate steps
to put officers back on duty and by
making deeper reforms to reduce the
number of incarcerated New Yorkers.
“We will uphold our obligation to
provide a safe, clean environment on
Rikers Island while pivoting to a fairer
and more humane justice system,” he
added.
Continued from Page 1
Prime Minister Phillip Davis was offi
cially sworn in as prime minister of
the Commonwealth of The Bahamas
on Friday, Sept. 17, 2021 at the Offi ce
of the Governor General. https://opm.
gov.bs
In this March 16, 2011 fi le photo, a
corrections offi cial watches inmates
fi le out of a prison bakery after
working the morning shift at the
Rikers Island jail in New York. New
York City’s notorious Rikers Island
jail complex, troubled by years of
neglect, has spiraled into turmoil
during the coronavirus pandemic.
Associated Press/Bebeto Matthews, File
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