On March 13, the “Commission of Inquiry into the Operations of the Business of Casinos in Freeport and in Nassau” commenced. Click here to read more - The Mafia: Shadow of Evil on an Island in the Sun by Bill Davidson - SE Post vol 204 issue 4 p. This further excited the critics of the Grand Bahama Port Authority and Bay Street and handed the PLP prime election ammunition. 25, 1967) published investigatory articles about the suborning of the Executive Council in securing the Certificate of Exemption and of the Mob’s influence in Freeport. 3, 1967) and the Saturday Evening Post (Bill Davidson, The Mafia: Shadow of Evil on an Island in the Sun, Feb. Pindling stated that his government intended to exercise more control over Grand Bahama, and the questions of “Bahamianization” - increased governmental control as well as more jobs and economic ownership for native Bahamians - and immigration were to be firmly addressed.įollowing up on the Wall Street Journal’s exposé, Life magazine (Richard Oulahan and William Lambert, The Scandal in the Bahamas, Feb. Pindling, as Premier, said he had no intention of killing the goose that laid the golden eggs or of rescinding the Hawksbill Creek Agreement. With the “radicals” now in charge, new fears over the status of Freeport arose, but Lynden O.
The UBP and the PLP each approached Fawkes and Braynen for support, but both threw their support to the PLP, which was then able to form the new government. Each party received 18 seats in the House of Assembly, with the two remaining going to Labour candidate Randol Fawkes and Independent Alvin Braynen. The Januelection resulted in a surprising tie between the ruling United Bahamian Party and the Progressive Liberal Party opposition. Commission Reports & Governmental Intervention The Election is a Tie!
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