PLP Convention day three: As it happened

Newly-elected PLP Leader Philip 'Brave' Davis speaks after his victory as the party's new Deputy Leader, Chester Cooper (left), looks on. Photo: Shawn Hanna/Tribune staff

As of Thursday, October 26, 2017

12.30am: That wraps up our online coverage of the PLP convention. Philip 'Brave' Davis has been elected the new party Leader, Chester Cooper takes the Deputy Leader post and Fred Mitchell is the new Chairman. Don't miss Thursday's Tribune for all the news and reaction from a dramatic day.

12.07am: The newly-elected PLP leader Philip 'Brave' Davis is addressing party supporters at the convention. He says his siblings and extended family have kept him grounded. He tells the delegates “he reports for duty tonight” and he plans to give them a future and hope. He thanks PLPs for for their support and says “we are going to do great things together”. Mr Davis also thanks the outgoing officers of the party including former Prime Minister Perry Christie.

He says they have been in a period of profound dialogue and reflection but he feels powerful optimism for the party and the country when he sees “how many of us are ready to do the work”.

Mr Davis adds that they are going to reform the PLP's constitution so that party is “inclusive, transparent, modern and accountable”.

He says: “We just can't afford to leave talent on the sidelines. We need to be a dynamic, inclusive party that is working all the time.”

Mr Davis criticises the new government but adds that “we want to work together when we can”.

He says “it's an honour” to lead the party. He asks delegates if they're ready to move ahead with him and says they must do it together.

Englerston MP Glenys Hanna Martin.

11.45pm: Leadership candidate Glenys Hanna Martin released the following statement, thanking her supporters and congratulating the new PLP leader Philip 'Brave' Davis:

“I wish to thank my campaign team who worked and traveled with me throughout the length and breadth of this country. I applaud their courage in joining me in my effort to bring about a new day in the PLP. I thank all of those who supported me despite the odds, those who believed in the message of a new day. I want to recognize the people of Englerston who despite all odds stood with the Progressive Liberal Party in the last General Election. I commit tonight to dedicating all of my energies to your interest. I thank you for your patience during this campaign period which took me away from you. I am grateful that I had this opportunity to travel through the country; to hear the concerns of Bahamians everywhere.

“I am grateful that this has deepened my understanding of my country and enhanced my love and appreciation of The Bahamas. Throughout this process I have been able to refine my philosophical commitments. I am more convinced than ever that the vision of 1967 has yet to be realized. We have yet to wipe every tear from every eye. That is our continuing mandate, to empower the Bahamian people. It is necessary and long overdue. Our people, our country deserves nothing else. This has been my.mission during my life in public service. And so I will not settle for the status quo. I will therefore continue my efforts to agitate for change within the Party. I congratulate the new leader of the PLP, Mr Philip Davis as he takes the helm.

Newly-elected PLP leader Philip 'Brave' Davis.

11.37pm: Philip 'Brave' Davis has been elected as the new PLP Leader. Chester Cooper is the new Deputy Leader and Fred Mitchell is the party Chairman.

11.20pm: PLP supporters enjoy the entertainment at the convention while awaiting tonight's results (left).

10.15pm: PLP leadership candidate Glenys Hanna Martin is pictured at the convention tonight.

9.40pm: The power is back at the Melia, we'll bring you more information as we get it.

9.00pm: THE final night of the Progressive Liberal Party’s (PLP) convention came to a screeching halt tonight as officials prepared to count around 1,700 ballots after a series of electricity disruptions happened at the Melia Nassau Beach Hotel ballroom and its surrounding areas.

While voting was said to be complete ahead of the power outages, Convention Chairman Micheal Halkitis said counting of the votes had been delayed and the event would not continue as expected.

Normally on the final night of the event, once the counting is complete, a celebration would take place where the new leader, deputy and chairman would address delegates.

However, because of two separate power outages, which affected an already delayed voting process, Mr Halkitis said the programme would be reduced to an announcement of winners along with only the new leader addressing supporters.

And as supporters waited in darkness, many questioned the security of the ballot boxes and speculated whether the power disruption was an act of foul play.

“The vote is complete,” Mr Halkitis told reporters after 8pm. “As you can see we have electrical issues here at the hotel. I think we got a report that there was a fire so we are trying to address that to get the electricity back on. Soon as that is done we expect to move to counting and so we expect in a few hours to be able to announce the results."

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8.28pm: Michael Halkitis has said that voting is complete and officials expect it will take about two hours to count the votes.

8.10pm: A PLP official said because of the unreliability of the electricity and the fact that vote counting has not been completed, they have decided to scrap the live TV broadcast for tonight. However, vote counting will continue and they still expect the winners to be announced tonight. The security department at the Melia have announced they are experiencing technical difficulties and are waiting for BPL.

8.05pm: There appears to be more problems with the voting process at the convention. At 7.53pm there were power issues, with many people using their cell phones for light in the voting area. Police guarded the ballot boxes and the power came back on just before 8pm.

6.45pm: In The Tribune's online poll, we asked readers who they thought would win the PLP leadership vote. 59.26% of those voting thought Philip 'Brave' Davis would win, with 40.74% backing Glenys Hanna Martin.

5.55pm: Welcome to our live coverage of the third and final day of the PLP convention at the Melia hotel. Voting on the party's key positions is underway – but has been fraught with problems. Originally scheduled to take place from 8am till 1pm, voting didn't begin until around 10.45am and has been extended till 7pm.

The full list of nominees:

CHAIRMAN

Frederick A. Mitchell

Glendon Rolle

Obediah Wilchcombe

DEPUTY CHAIRMAN

Erecia Slavonnia Thea Hepburn

Robyn Dawn Lynes

TREASUER - Declared

Paul Bevans

LEADER

Philip Brave Davis

Glenys Hanna Martin

Troy Garvey

DEPUTY LEADER

I. Chester Cooper

Ricardo Smith

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proudloudandfnm 6 years, 6 months ago

LOLOLOLOL!! Yall bitches was in power for 5 years and didn't do shit about electricity. LOLOL! Bitch take dat!!!!

hnhanna 6 years, 6 months ago

LMAO

TalRussell 6 years, 6 months ago

Comrades! Hello! I just tuned into Guardian Talk Radio- the damn show is all in Haitian Creole?

ThisIsOurs 6 years, 6 months ago

That's a regularly scheduled show. Wednesday and Sundays I think. Don't see anything wrong with it. But there should be a requirement they all persons seeking citizenship pass an English language test, nothing super difficult, just enough to say you can conduct regular business in the language of the land....seems reasonable enough.

TalRussell 6 years, 6 months ago

Comrades! Imagine the tourists who are paying like $300 a night to stay at a luxuries hotel and no damn lights and no air condo, are considered be package inclusive?

ThisIsOurs 6 years, 6 months ago

"I think we got a report that there was a fire so we are trying to address that to get the electricity back on."

Hehe the PLP is trying to "address" the fire (that left the in the dark)...to get the electricity back on....well that's what he said...lol

John 6 years, 6 months ago

Crooks work in the dark

TalRussell 6 years, 6 months ago

Comrade Precious Sweet Jesus, how's is you gon let PLP's find a friend in the darkness?

TheMadHatter 6 years, 6 months ago

I guess that 40% of people who admitted they support Glenys (therefore more support but unwilling to admit) scared the pants off the leadership and they run straight for the breaker box. Well muddo. They is their own soap opera.

John 6 years, 6 months ago

Obviously the people they didn’t want to win, won so now the fixing that, nothing unusual for the PLP dem

juju 6 years, 6 months ago

Ha! Ha! Ha!

TalRussell 6 years, 6 months ago

Tonight, Comrade “Brave” is living his adult life’s dream of ‘really being in charge’ of the PLP. Now, instead of his original plan to have automatically stepped into the prime minister’s office…. The new party leader will be required to invest the next 4 years and 54 months aggressively shadowing PM Minnis, to take his job, Benz with Policeman's Driver, and Policeman's Escorts.
Congratulation’s, Comrade “Brave, even if Christie made you take a slight 4 year/54 months detour to the PMO's,

John 6 years, 6 months ago

But they want you believe the PLP is evolving into a New Party. But their trademark of dirty tricks remains.

SP 6 years, 6 months ago

Déjà vu! Same script, different clown, can only generate the same conclusion. Failure!

BMW 6 years, 6 months ago

I wonder if he will forget that he was elected this morning.

Baha10 6 years, 6 months ago

Congratulations to Brave, Chester and Mitchell and in due course, to considering "their" Plan for the Future of our Country.

Gotoutintime 6 years, 6 months ago

The election of Brave & Freddy guarantee the FNM's victory in '22.

realfreethinker 6 years, 6 months ago

Yep

realfreethinker 6 years, 6 months ago

The plp just don't get it. They didn't have the guts to retire that hormonal bitch "Fred Mitchell". you guys have sealed your fate come 2022.I hope birdie,BFB and Tal are happy with the results.

banker 6 years, 6 months ago

After all, Fweddie's middle name is Oddly, but he spells it Audley.

realfreethinker 6 years, 6 months ago

Davis secured 1,004 votes and Hanna-Martin got 300.

Activist Troy Garvey, the third leadership contender, got three votes. Who were the 2 idiots that voted for Garvey?

baldbeardedbahamian 6 years, 6 months ago

the plp held a convention, .....

Glenys Martin get hardly a mention............

Web Numbers money talks.............

While Women money walks......................... But Christie, he l still get his pension.........

Sad but true cos he deserve nuttin but a bill to repay $40 million.

sealice 6 years, 6 months ago

So considering he was the DPM for 10 years of nothing if the PLP gets elected again with him as Captain of that ship of fools.... we get another 10 years of nothing? I thought it was supposed to be new and improved???

BahamasForBahamians 6 years, 6 months ago

Well our prime minister now did nothing in the house for 10 years but collect profits from his conflict of interest so it cant be worst than that.

realfreethinker 6 years, 6 months ago

the only thing bwave did was issued contracts to his croonies. He was known as the minister of contracts in the ministry of contracts. The election last nights assures the FNM of at least 10 straight years of governance.

stislez 6 years, 6 months ago

dis man is a criminal! This worse than Perry Christie!

Maynergy 6 years, 6 months ago

As a product of the enlightened mail boat era 1959-1975, he traveled the so-called "Hell's gate" passage on the Frezel and the many other mail boats owned by the Taylors of Pirates Well Mayaguana, Bahamas on his way to New Providence; doing exactly what many patriots before had encountered while breaking the mold of the traditional role a teacher played in 1974 New Providence Bahamas, Behind Grey Curtains is smoothly paced, intelligent and intricately plastered with remarkable and conclusive ideas and details of how a young country could embrace all its citizens moving forward with uniquely progressive and predictably stunning ways the nation could shine forth with balanced economic and social growth for all the people. P. Carl Gibson aka Ammadou is indeed a brilliant storyteller of the history of the new and independent nation, which thrived minimally to grow and or equally parcel out with fairness to all residents, where equilibrium should be praised and admired. Yellow Elder would shine again; while with revolutionary leanings, P. Carl Gibson aka Ammadou divulged himself from the neocolonial and classic demeanor vertiginously displayed by the political operatives towards islanders from the then known Out islands who'd been compelled to migrate to New Providence and Freeport, Grand Bahama for a piece of the developing pie. Even though many who did not benefit from the pie that was carved up immediately following the July 10th 1973 political separation from London, England, the tribal instrument that surfaced sought out those who had tasted freedom of speech and assembly for the first time with varying degrees of bamboozlement and isolation

banker 6 years, 5 months ago

SPAM !

Maynergy 6 years, 6 months ago

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