FORMER Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham said a final farewell to his party at the opening of the Free National Movement's (FNM) National Convention today, saying he is "happy to go."
The three term Prime Minister thanked the entire nation for allowing him to serve them, especially as he lead the country "longer than I desired or expected."
However, he lamented the Bahamian public's decision not put him and his party back into office.
"The people have decided that it was time for me to go," said Mr Ingraham.
Party Chairman Carl Bethel also gave a "fond, loving farewell" to the former Prime Minister and urged the FNM party to "hold them (Progressive Liberal Party) accountable" while acting as the opposition in the House of Assembly.
"We need all FNMs to come on board, this is the time now for all hands on deck," he said.
"Already they have begun to back off on some of those extravagant and wild promises that they made the voters just a few short weeks ago."
Former Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette who introduced Mr Ingraham, claimed the PLP "will not last five years."
He said: "They will be out of here very soon."
Click HERE for some of the results of the FNM convention.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YYDriobXJE
Comments
notsogullible 11 years, 10 months ago
THANK YOU HONOURABLE PRIME MINISTER HUBERT ALEXANDER INGRAHAM!! Thanks from the bottom of our hearts for a job WELL DONE. You are (and will be for some time) the most honourable, intelligent, honest, non-victimizing, hard-working man of integrity that the Bahamas' Priministership HAS EVER KNOWN!!! THANK YOU!! and may God continue to bless you!!!!!
TalRussell 11 years, 10 months ago
Except our both wishing for God to continue to Bless Hubert, all the rest is rubbish. What if we add the 60,000 out of paychecks natives and the hurting families of the 500 murdered under Hubert, Brent and Tommy's regime at the top of God's help list, being H, B & T are self-confessed multi-millionires?
perspective 11 years, 10 months ago
TalRussell blaming murders on the government is hypocrisy and a oversimplification of the crime issue. you claim to be intelligent but your remarks are so consistently biased vitriolic and ignorant
Mr. Ingraham was not perfect but he certainly contributed tremendously to the well being of Bahamians and modern Bahamian culture and politics....he played his role in history and did so well.
He now departs from politics at least show some grace.....your hateful remarks are beginning to come across as pathetic.
notsogullible 11 years, 10 months ago
My sentiments EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
notsogullible 11 years, 10 months ago
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU HONOURABLE PRIME MINISTER HUBERT ALEXANDER INGRAHAM!! Thanks from the bottom of our hearts for a job EXTREMELY WELL DONE. You are WITHOUT A DOUBT (and will be for some time) the most honourable!!, intelligent!!, honest!!, non-victimizing!!, hard-working!! man of integrity that the Bahamas' Priministership HAS EVER, EVER KNOWN!!! THANK YOU!! and may God continue to bless you!!!!!
Observer 11 years, 10 months ago
Its sad and pathetic that any person thinks that another is superior to him/herself. Notsogullible, maybe,( is) the most dishonest or the most knowledgeable, seeing that persons knows the future too.
notsogullible 11 years, 10 months ago
I would love to respond to this comment that is referencing me but God help me I cannot understand it at all - grammar, sentence structure, misuse of punctuation ... it's all so confusing!!!
perspective 11 years, 10 months ago
I totally agree with you notsogullible.......Observer's remark was a complete word salad.......and I am sure his/her thoughts are similarly unintelligible.
TalRussell 11 years, 10 months ago
I fell asleep trying to stay focused during ZNS live televised coverage of the midget FNM Convention before maybe a crowd of 150 bored out of their mind souls. Where is this new leadership they been talking about since their firing on May 7. One worthy note coming out of the midget affair today, Comrade Carl loss all he balls today. Now, he got no seat and no job. Maybe he daddy got something him to do up at the big pink house up on Mount Fitzwilliam.
by TalRussell
perspective 11 years, 10 months ago
Quote "Comrade Carl loss all he balls today. Now, he got no seat and no job. Maybe he daddy got something him to do up at the big pink house up on Mount Fitzwilliam".
Seriously...This comment really exposes Talrussell. Ghetto talks and ghetto thoughts..........I hope you benefit from education 2.0 under the PLP.....you need it
notsogullible 11 years, 10 months ago
In true PLP fashion!!!!!!!!!!!
perspective 11 years, 10 months ago
THIS ELECTION WAS AN EXERCISE OF PEACEFUL DEMOCRACY......ON A SYMBOLIC LEVEL THIS IS GREAT AND I CONGRATULATE THE COUNTRY.
WHAT CONCERNS ME IS THE ROBUSTNESS OF THE REASONING OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO RESENT MR. INGRAHAM AND WERE SO EAGER TO GET HIM OUT OF POWER.
HE DELIVERED A SUPERBLY PRODUCTIVE 5 YEARS 2007-2012 AND THE SHOCK OF THE GLOBAL RECESSION COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. HE WAS TRYING TO PROPEL THE COUNTRY INTO FUTURE READINESS AND PARTICIPATION IN THE NEW FIRST WORLD ECONOMY.....IN FACT,OUR SENSE OF FIRST WORD STATUS RELATIVE TO OTHER CARIBBEAN NATIONS TODAY CAN BE LARGELY CREDITED TO HIM.
THIS HAS BEEN THE SIGNATURE OF ALL MR. INGRAHAM'S TERMS IN OFFICE. I THINK THE ELECTORATE IS INCREASINGLY UNREADY FOR THIS FORWARD IDEOLOGY. THEY ARE MORE ALIGNED WITH SHORTSIGHTED POLITICAL PANDERING AND HAVE A TENDENCY TO FEED ON RHETORIC AND EMOTIONALISM WHILE CONCRETE AND PRAGMATIC REASONING ARE EXPELLED FROM THEIR CONSCIOUSNESS.
NO ONE CAN DENY THAT THE BAHAMAS IS GOING THROUGH A PERIOD OF SOCIAL DECAY AS EVIDENCED BY CRIME AND CORE VALUES ETC. THE POLITICAL PROCESS IS ALSO REFLECTIVE OF THIS DECAY........FLOOD THE MASSES WITH A SERIES OF GHETTO PARTIES, FLOWING LIQUOR AND A FEW EMPTY SLOGANS AND YOU HAVE WON THE ELECTION.
IF THE PERRY CHRISTIE PLP DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB OF EFFECTIVE INCORRUPTIBLE GOVERNANCE THAT WOULD BE GREAT. HOWEVER IF IT TURNS OUT THAT HUBERT INGRAHAMS TRAJECTORY TOWARDS A BETTER BAHAMAS WAS PREMATURELY THWARTED.......IT WOULD THEN BE THE BAHAMIAN PEOPLE WHO LOSS THE ELECTION, NOT THE FMN BECAUSE IN THE END THE WELL BEING OF THE PEOPLE IS WHAT MATTERS MOST.
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