“A chronic case of misleading, as usual," said Acting Premier, the Hon. Walter Roban, JP, MP, today after the Leader of the Opposition questioned the content of the Report of the Retail Sales Index for July 2018.
“The Opposition Leader cannot reinvent OBA economic policies as part of his new strategy. The facts are that the enduring legacy of the America’s Cup to the people of Bermuda is the debt to be paid on Cross Island. This Government is not satisfied with an artificial burst of activity provided by one-off events. We are building an economy that will be sustainable and provide for the people of this country in season and out of season.
"After a failed premiership and an unremarkable ministerial tenure, the Opposition Leader is not credible on any subject, least of all the economy. On a day when the father of the modern OBA, Sir John Swan, is publicly saying how important it is for us to do things differently, the Opposition Leader’s comments sound all the more ridiculous and purely political.
"Our plan is to build a sustainable economy for the long term, which we are doing.
"There will come a time that the Opposition Leader may actually have to tell people his plan; but given it's likely the plan that voters rejected last year - we can expect more empty and misleading words from the Opposition Leader.”