Rick Lowe
Mr. Dupuch sent the following note in response to a comment on this blog…
Dear Rick:
It has been brought to my attention that someone who should know better accused me of being a dual national when serving in the Bahamian Parliament and while serving as a Cabinet Minister in the Hubert Ingraham Government. This is not true.
For the record, and for the final time, let me outline the facts. My mother who died when she was 101 was an American although she spent over eighty years of her life in the Bahamas. She raised six children, all as proud Bahamians. She taught us to respect all other nationalities, but to respect and honour our Bahamian birthright most of all.
Since my mother was an American I had an option until I was eighteen to carry an American Passport. I never took up the option.
After I was eighteen, because my mother was an American, I understand that I had an option of “jumping the line” in order to get a “Green Card”. I never took the option.
I am now 72 years old and have been travelling since I was 14. My first passport, until we became an independent nation, was British. When the Bahamas became independent I travelled with a Bahamian Passport. I have never registered or travelled under any other flag.
These are the facts. A simple phone call would have cleared this matter up. Regrettably, the writer chose to put her mouth into action, before putting her brain into gear. But this is a free world.
Regards,
Pierre
Well put Sir,
It does seem we are taking this tribalism to the extreme these days.
Politically, racially, we just can’t seem to extract ourselves from the pointless fray.
Until we do, no progress is possible.
Now if Mr.Dupuch was a Haitian, there would be no problem at all .
Thanks for the clarification. The question was asked because it was raised in my presence elsewhere. I had no definitive answer either way. Now I have.
I also asked however whether it should matter. I’m not convinced either way at the moment. Surely it’s worth more discussion.
you all leave pierre dupuch alone he work very hard for bahamas so please leave him alone
I wish we had more people with the commitment to a better Bahamas just like my friend Pierre has. Though I sometimes disagree with him especially in politics I have no choice than to respect him and his viewpoint.
But, so what if he has/had two passports, does that make him any less a Bahamian?
I have four grandchildren who have two passports and there is no one more Bahamian than them. We are becoming too picky on issues which make no contribution to our land. These detractors need to become contributors instead. As our national motto reads, “FORWARD,UPWARD,ONWARD,TOGETHER.” and TOGETHER sums it all up.