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02-14-08, - 03:04 AM
Blue Hills challenge uncretain
By KEVA LIGHTBOURNE,Guardian Senior Reporter,kdl@nasguard.com
Less than a week heading into the Progressive Liberal Party's convention, the political organization has yet to make a decision as to whether it would proceed with the Blue Hills election court case.
That's according to Party Leader Perry Christie as he announced plans yesterday for the staging of the three-day parley, scheduled to be held February 20-23 at the Crystal Palace Resort, Cable Beach.
"We would expect to be in a position to inform you shortly as to our decision with respect to the court cases moving forward," he said, during a press conference held at the party's Farrington Road headquarters.
The Blue Hills seat is expected to be the last of three election court cases to be challenged by the PLP. However, former Blue Hills MP Leslie Miller has indicated that he has no interest in pursuing the case.
He noted however, that it was be up to the PLP to decide whether it would follow through with the matter.
In the meantime, Mr. Christie told a number of reporters and party supporters at the PLP headquarters yesterday, that he is headed into the convention confident that he and Deputy Leader Cynthia Pratt will be re-elected and the PLP will emerge from the conclave with a chartered course for the future.
"I expect when our names are placed in nomination that we will be re-elected to the position of leader and deputy leader with the full support of the parliamentary group."
The convention is expected to draw anywhere from 700 to 1,000 delegates from Inagua to Bimini. Christie disclosed that he would be presiding over sessions that will examine the party's defeat at the May 2, 2007 General Election polls.
"We have just come through a very heart-wrenching General Election and many of us, no doubt, still harbor some bitterness and disappointment over our party's defeat. This is but a natural human reaction and during these few days of our conclave I am confident that we will deliberate amongst ourselves and in the end emerge with a positive message as a result of this experience," he noted.
Christie insisted that the party does not intend to sit on its laurels.
"Permit me to remind you that ours is not a party that has always taken the easy road. Indeed, since its inception in 1953, our great Progressive Liberal Party has surmounted great odds."
Indeed, the PLP leader indicated this year will present many challenges not only for the party but for the country as well. In this regard, he noted that the party will continue to restructure and to re-evaluate a number of its policies in a bid to lead winning the entire Bahamas back into the realm of PLP administration.
At present, a heated race is shaping up within the party for the post of chairman. Englerston MP and former Transport and Aviation Minister Glenys Hanna-Martin has already thrown her hat into the ring; together with new comer Omar Archer, a former member of the Bahamas Democratic Movement. Also expected to challenge the position is Senator Paulette Zonicle.
Attorney Raynard Rigby has held the position for the past five years, but has recently resigned from the post.
The PLP is the first and oldest political party in the country, and it has been in the forefront of every major social, economic and political change over the last half century.
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By KEVA LIGHTBOURNE,Guardian Senior Reporter,kdl@nasguard.com
Less than a week heading into the Progressive Liberal Party's convention, the political organization has yet to make a decision as to whether it would proceed with the Blue Hills election court case.
That's according to Party Leader Perry Christie as he announced plans yesterday for the staging of the three-day parley, scheduled to be held February 20-23 at the Crystal Palace Resort, Cable Beach.
"We would expect to be in a position to inform you shortly as to our decision with respect to the court cases moving forward," he said, during a press conference held at the party's Farrington Road headquarters.
The Blue Hills seat is expected to be the last of three election court cases to be challenged by the PLP. However, former Blue Hills MP Leslie Miller has indicated that he has no interest in pursuing the case.
He noted however, that it was be up to the PLP to decide whether it would follow through with the matter.
In the meantime, Mr. Christie told a number of reporters and party supporters at the PLP headquarters yesterday, that he is headed into the convention confident that he and Deputy Leader Cynthia Pratt will be re-elected and the PLP will emerge from the conclave with a chartered course for the future.
"I expect when our names are placed in nomination that we will be re-elected to the position of leader and deputy leader with the full support of the parliamentary group."
The convention is expected to draw anywhere from 700 to 1,000 delegates from Inagua to Bimini. Christie disclosed that he would be presiding over sessions that will examine the party's defeat at the May 2, 2007 General Election polls.
"We have just come through a very heart-wrenching General Election and many of us, no doubt, still harbor some bitterness and disappointment over our party's defeat. This is but a natural human reaction and during these few days of our conclave I am confident that we will deliberate amongst ourselves and in the end emerge with a positive message as a result of this experience," he noted.
Christie insisted that the party does not intend to sit on its laurels.
"Permit me to remind you that ours is not a party that has always taken the easy road. Indeed, since its inception in 1953, our great Progressive Liberal Party has surmounted great odds."
Indeed, the PLP leader indicated this year will present many challenges not only for the party but for the country as well. In this regard, he noted that the party will continue to restructure and to re-evaluate a number of its policies in a bid to lead winning the entire Bahamas back into the realm of PLP administration.
At present, a heated race is shaping up within the party for the post of chairman. Englerston MP and former Transport and Aviation Minister Glenys Hanna-Martin has already thrown her hat into the ring; together with new comer Omar Archer, a former member of the Bahamas Democratic Movement. Also expected to challenge the position is Senator Paulette Zonicle.
Attorney Raynard Rigby has held the position for the past five years, but has recently resigned from the post.
The PLP is the first and oldest political party in the country, and it has been in the forefront of every major social, economic and political change over the last half century.
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