Anyone who marched, fought and stood against the One Bermuda Alliance during its time in power knows first-hand that it is not to be trusted.

Over the weekend, it gave us another look at its two-faced nature and reminded us, in case we had forgotten, that it loves to play games with words to create confusion and division.

When news broke that the Regulatory Authority had given permission to Belco to jack up its prices, like you, I was looking for answers as to how we could stop this. Like you, I knew many Bermudians couldn’t take another blow to their wallets, and I knew that many businesses would pass the cost on to their customers, inflicting more pain on our people.

When the OBA came out calling for cuts to the fuel adjustment rate to offset the rate increase, I already knew the Government was working to take decisive action and that there should be no hassle from the other side when we brought that legislation forward. But, of course, this is the OBA we are dealing with.

So, the Bill comes to the legislature, the OBA supports it and, like all of Bermuda, we gave a sigh of relief that our government was giving us all a cushion against another Belco increase.

Lo and behold, not two days later, the OBA is criticising the Government because we did the same thing it said it would do. OBA MP Scott Pearman, who previously called for the tax cut, now dismissively claims, “…this is a cut in Belco’s tax.”

So, MP Pearman, did you want us to cut fuel taxes and cushion Bermudians from another Belco increase or not?

Did you believe this was just “...a cut in Belco’s tax” when you were pushing for it?

Were you just playing political games when you called for the tax cut or are you playing games now that the Progressive Labour Party has cut the tax?

Inquiring minds want to know.

Perhaps the real reason the OBA changed its tune is that it has for so long been pushing the bogus narrative that a PLP government cannot manage money that it started to believe its own deception and thought we couldn’t afford to cut the taxes.

Well, once again we have proved them dead wrong.

Fortunately, Bermudians are hip to how two-faced the OBA can be and are not surprised by its latest stunt. Those of us who marched and fought against the OBA when it was in power especially know whose side the OBA is on — and it ain’t ours!

• Zane DeSilva is a government backbencher and the MP for Southampton East (Constituency 29)