So now the former defender of all human rights is proposing changing the immigration laws "to ensure that the Department of Immigration has the final say on who has a right to come and live in The Bahamas."

Do we realise how serious this is/could be?

In case Mr. Mitchell has forgotten, our country is still a country of laws bound by a Constitution. We are not a dictatorship where a man can arbitrarily decide who has the right to live in The Bahamas or who has to leave without deference to the courts.

Surely even governing party (PLP) Members of Parliament will take issue with this.

If the Official Opposition (FNM) do not raise the roof on this issue it will speak volumes about their commitment to democracy as well.

We have been seeing more and more laws providing the absolute power of the Minister to circumvent the courts.

To repeat Fred Mitchell's words again, this dangerous trend is insidious.

Quo Vadis Bahamas?