The problem that arises – as far as we can surmise – rests with the extent to which money [and especially Big Money] can and does on occasion go to great lengths to conceal itself and its ownership of this or that political party, individual or entity.
This leads [as day follows night] to a perception that, in such circumstances talk about free and fair elections is just so much high sounding hot air.
Nowhere is this truth as telling as it is in the realm of Bahamian politics where any numbers of political aspirants routinely tell themselves and their publics that, they are solely motivated by their desire for public service.
No one with an iota of common sense is ever fooled by these protestations.