FNM leader Michael Pintard speaking during the final night of the party’s convention.
By RASHAD ROLLE
Tribune Senior Reporter
rrolle@tribunemedia.net
FREE National Movement Leader Michael Pintard said internal and external groups will create an election post-mortem for the FNM which will be analysed at a conclave the party is likely to hold at the end of April.
“The FNM intends to hold a national conclave to retool our organisation,” Mr Pintard said yesterday. “This would include capacity building workshops, organising each constituency association, strengthening the advocacy and work of the parliamentary team and reviewing the post-mortem on the recent general election. The conclave will kick off our outreach efforts to re-engage our supporters across the nation. The conclave is likely to occur at the end of April.”
Mr Pintard said the post-mortem will be important to help the party pivot and move forward after its general election loss.
“We’ll have one of the firms that ordinarily do this work do it. We have any number of companies who provide that and then also we have some internal polling that we will do. We have groups that assisted us prior to the election. So, yes, a professional company and internal group work, two sets of polling and then, of course, we do have some preliminary reports in that weren’t done for this purpose, but that have useful information.”
The FNM won only seven seats in last year’s early election, its worst performance since 1977 when it won only two seats. At the party’s recent convention, St Barnabas MP Shanendon Cartwright was elected deputy leader while former Cabinet minister Dr Duane Sands was elected chairman.
Mr Pintard was elected leader at a special one-day leadership convention last November.
“Our party should understand what the voter sentiments were and what organisers’ sentiments and experiences were, those who were in charge for example of coordinating the campaign at various levels, national as well as at the association level. And they obviously are going to be some of the respondents to questions that are being designed and then, of course, the voting population itself will be assessed also so again.”
Comments
John 2 years, 1 month ago
HUBERT MINNIS!!!!!!
tribanon 2 years, 1 month ago
Surely Pintard must have many more important things to do and be concerned about as leader of the opposition rather than wasting his time and the FNM party's time.
ohdrap4 2 years, 1 month ago
I see, said the blind man.
TalRussell 2 years, 1 month ago
During regular telephone shoot duh political breeze with one Pindling's most trusted political pundits, he asked with chuckle in response Michael Pintard's promise conduct an external 2021 election post-mortem for duh Red Party, how can Pintard, hold a post-mortem, if duh enemy is well alive and shadowing from within. his, Pintard's ever step. ― Yes?
truetruebahamian 2 years, 1 month ago
Well, let me open up a new door of thought for you - a post mortem is just what it is - a review of all factors surrounding the death of whatever lost its life. Maybe by conducting this exercise it can discover and excise the ingredient that caused the mortem in the first place!
TalRussell 2 years, 1 month ago
@ComradeTrueTrue, if there are 4 post mortem stages of death, Pallor Mortis, Algor Mortis, Rigor Mortis and Livor Mortis, so Pintard must first grow sufficient size leadership balls to add and defend a 5th, Minnis Mortis, ― Yes?
sheeprunner12 2 years, 1 month ago
PLP did the same thing in 2017. They're back in power and still doing the same ole PLP shit
TalRussell 2 years, 1 month ago
@SheepRunner, true, some signs small crackin', so asks, being early out gate if still are repairable, ― Yes?
carltonr61 2 years, 1 month ago
Who buys the tee shirts for election parties runs the country and not our vote. Voters are last on the list and first to get tee shirts while tee shirt suppliers get the real gold. Next time we need to make our own tee shirts
carltonr61 2 years, 1 month ago
We voted against gambling but were made to prostitute to the gaming billion dollar shaft. Anti gambling DIE HARD Christian PLPs put The FNM in power. We are yet to see a peoples government in the post UBP/early Pindling Bahamas. They always find a way to trick our democracy to enrich themselves, family, bootlickers, stooges, tee shirt buyers and sweethearts. The wisdom Bahamians sought in Minnis glass bottle splinter compassion was the end in him not embracing the anti gambling populace but further enshrined gambling into the existence of the Bahamas. Today Bahamians are 4 billion dollars broker. He was a shame and let down then further displayed his learnt arrogance with Dorian then Hitler antics of Covid where he sliced his knife as if dissecting a cadaver, but we felt every cut.
carltonr61 2 years, 1 month ago
PLPs are raging against the uni direction of Fred and other old hand me overs rejects - but for the hatred of minnis - that helped drown Christie they came along like maggots in Brave and Cooper's crab & doe. The quiet speechless wonders of the FNM so it took the voters X to hear the cries and suffering Minnis inflicted on the people as did Perry. Also The worstist of the worstisist in Bahamian total history past and modern.
carltonr61 2 years, 1 month ago
The destiny of The Bahamas is in the hands of the Gaming Boys who alone own half the solid cash worth of the entire Bahamas in less than five years a s whopping 4 billion dollars which will be spent from gambling loans from regular Commercial Banks. There is no money spent for independent help for addicts, educational warnings or a social safety net. Government as partner collecting gambling taxes pales to the amount of money Social Services has to pay out for gambling poor and needy. A cold, and dog hearted group of people made god over us all by Christie and Minnis. At their funerals The Vote No moral majority of Bahamians will turn their backs during the State procession.
jackbnimble 2 years, 1 month ago
Reasons for FNM Defeat:
You're Welcome. And you can mail my cheque to P.O. Box N-ItDontTakeAGeniusToFigureThisOut, Nassau, Bahamas.
sheeprunner12 2 years, 1 month ago
So, will Pintard restore the FNM?
OMG 2 years, 1 month ago
Bad leadership. The re-lection of any MP depends upon the public in that constituency making visible improvements whether they be infrastructure or services. Hank Johnson the MP for South and Central Eleuthera was never a polished career politician but an excellent community worker, hated by some and loved by others but he got things done within his community, BUT he was all but excluded from funding major projects to improve roads, docks, schools and health facilities. Just look at what Clay has done already, for example just look at the road resurfaced with tarmacadam, and clinic refurbishment. If the PLP can give Clay Sweeting the funds to do these things where the hell was Minnis and his "its the peoples time" funding for the FNM Eleuthera MP ? Your problem does not require any advisory consultants just good leadership and concrete visible improvements.
The_Oracle 2 years, 1 month ago
1) H.A.I. 2) H.A.M. 3) arrogance 4) Micro Management. 5) incompetence.
BONEFISH 2 years, 1 month ago
Every body who is honest knows the reason tor the FNM defeat. Dr. The Hon Hubert A.Minnis. A lot of hard core FNMs did not go to the polls on September 16th.There was beneath the surface, a stunning amount of displeasure with him as FNM leader and prime minister. A lot of FNM supporters were turned off by him.
Cobalt 2 years, 1 month ago
Mr. Pintard….. there are two reasons that the FNM lost the election.
1) Hurricane Dorian. 2) The COVID19 Pandemic.
Despite what Bahamian people are grumbling about, it really didn’t matter who was in office at the time. They would have voted out the PLP or the FNM.
tribanon 2 years, 1 month ago
Rubbish! National crises that are not self-inflicted usually create the opportunity for a natural born true political leader to rise to the occasion and shine. Minnis not only failed to rise to the occasion and shine, but he cast the darkest of clouds over our small nation the likes of which we could never have imagined would be so bad.
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