PERRY CHRISTIE
Perry Christie has led the Progressive Liberal Party, for the past 15 years.
He was appointed Leader of the Opposition by the Governor General on April 7, 1997, succeeding the late Sir Lynden Pindling.
During his term in office, from 2002 to 2007, Mr Christie worked to bring safety to inner city areas through the Urban Renewal program.
His party also emphasised programs focused on youth empowerment.
Mr Christie, 69, has promised, if given another term, to make major investments to education and to give mortgage assistance to struggling home owners.
Mr Christie has however been heavily scrutinised for being unable to control his Cabinet Ministers and for an indecisive approach to national issues.
HUBERT INGRAHAM
Hubert Ingraham is now serving a third non-consecutive term as Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.
Mr Ingraham first served as the Free National Movement's Leader from 1990 to 2002 and was later reelected in 2007, marking 15 years of governance by his party.
In the latter term, Mr Ingraham, 65, has been praised for his special focus on investing millions of dollars on modernising the country's physical infrastructure.
The Lynden Pindling International Airport and the health care system have seen major upgrades under his administration.
Mr Ingraham has also sought to revamp outdated laws in the judicial system, bringing harsher judgments for criminals.
However, political pundits have criticised Mr Ingraham for what they call excessive spending of public money; and an over budget and lengthy road work overhaul of in New Providence.
BRANVILLE McCARTNEY
Democratic National Alliance leader Branville McCartney made his debut in frontline politics after he was elected as a Member of Parliament for the Bamboo Town Constituency in May 2007.
Mr McCartney was first appointed by Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham as State Minister of Tourism and Aviation and later as State Immigration Minister.
Having resigned from the cabinet after only serving two years, Mr McCartney, 45, went on to form a viable third party in less than one year.
He presented a full slate of 38 candidates to the public.
A strong proponent for revamping the the country's immigration laws and tax structure, Mr McCartney recently came under fire for his stance on the Marital Rape Bill.
He later clarified his statement saying that he would put to the wider public the question of whether or not to outlaw rape within a marriage.
Comments
dacy 12 years ago
THE DIFFERENCE: 1. ONE CONSULTATE AND MAKE NO DECISION, LEADS AN UNDISCIPLINED CREW 2. ONE IMAGINES AND STRUGGLE WITH SAYING EXACTLY WHAT HE MEANS AND HAS A SERIOUS TEMPER PROBLEM 3. ONE WAS PROVEN UNDER PRESSURE, MEANS WHAT HE SAYS AND MAKES THE HARD DECISION
ITS ABOUT LEADERSHIP....
browngranville78 12 years ago
Mr. Christie did absolutely nothing during his five years as Prime Minister of the Bahamas therefore he cannot point to any accomplishments which his government oversaw during their tenure. Shortly after he assumed the government of the country one of his ministers became involved with the Korean Boat incident, then almost every month thereafter a minister or ministers were involved in controversy. Now taking all of this into consideration could Mr. Christie explain when and where was he able to produce 22,000 jobs in this economy. We know that during the last days of his tenure he came up with some bird brained ideas to bring some billion dollar investments to various family islands. Only one of these potential ideas, the Bahamar Project showed that it could have been feasible but the investors ran into a stone wall when the World's economy crashed. Also, because the crux of this plan was based on the premise that the vast acreages of prime lands that was given to them were taken back when they couldn't follow through because of lack of investment capital. The investors main plan was to sell off the land in order to accumulate the funds to bankroll the project. This project was given life when our current Prime Minister had ti intercede with the Chinese government to borrow almost $3 billion dollars and had to make many concessions in order to get the project off the ground. Another project in which Mr. Ingraham had to intercede in was the great Mayaguana give away where again, Mr. Christie and his band of Merry men give almost all the island away to the supposed investors and there again Mr. Ingraham had to step in when the investors couldn't come up with the investment funds and was able to take back considerable high value lands and adjust their previous agreements. Oh! Mr. Christie did make an attempt to construct our National Stadium but only got as far as putting some steel on the ground that was almost rusted away when Mr. Ingraham made an agreement with the Chinese government to construct a National Stadium for the country. So it cannot be these projects that Mr. Christie is claiming to be the basis of his 22,000 jobs, no someone has to ask Mr. Christie to detail how he came up with these jobs. Thank you
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