The Tribune

By DENISE MAYCOCK

Tribune Freeport Reporter

dmaycock@tribunemedia.net

THE YES Bahamas campaign in Grand Bahama will hold a vote “yes” march in support of the four constitutional referendum bills on Saturday, May 21, in Freeport.

Committee members Geneva Rutherford, Constance McDonald, Allison Smith, along with volunteer Sarah Kirkby, made the announcement at a press conference on Wednesday.

The march will begin at the Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce at 9am and travel to the Harold DeGregory Building, where there will be a mini rally.

Speakers include Canon Harry Bain, Maurice Moore and lawyer Tamar Moss, among others.

Persons are asked to make and bring placards to the march.

Ms Rutherford said: “We will march in support of amending our Constitution to show fairness to both Bahamian men and Bahamian women.

“We want to make sure that in The Bahamas after the June 7 referendum, our sons and daughters have equal rights; our unmarried Bahamian fathers can pass on their citizenship to their children; our men and our women have the same rights to pass on their citizenship; and that we never again allow any law to be passed in The Bahamas that would discriminate against anyone based on them being a male or a female.”

“We ask all those in favour of removing the last vestiges of discrimination from our Constitution to join us in this march,” she said.

A Facebook page ‘Walk For Fairness’ has been created, and Ms Kirkby is encouraging persons to visit it and show their support for the vote yes campaign and invite others.

Constance McDonald, co-chair of the campaign in Grand Bahama, said it is important that Bahamians let their voices be heard.

She encouraged people to get registered to vote.

“The register closes on May 25 and it is very important that you are there to make your voice be heard and let your vote be counted,” she said.

“You have to be a part of what is going on. What is happening in The Bahamas right now is historic and significant and you must be a part of it, and try to be on the right side of history, doing the right thing, at the right time.”