BOXES of food being given out by the PLP in Freeport on Saturday. Photo: Vandyke Hepburn
By DENISE MAYCOCK
Tribune Freeport Reporter
dmaycock@tribunemedia.net
PLP leader Philip “Brave” Davis said the party should announce its Grand Bahama candidates in the next two weeks.
He said the party has interviewed over 20 aspirants for Grand Bahama.
“Some of them are here with me as you can see, and we at the Candidates Committee are deliberating and assessing, and hopefully, within the next two weeks, you should be hearing about the decisions of the Candidate’s Committee and the General Council,” he said.
Last week, the PLP announced 18 candidates for the next general election.
He spoke to The Tribune while he was in Grand Bahama on Saturday.
During the trip, he distributed care packages to many residents in the Freeport and Eight Mile Rock areas.
Deeply moved by the expression of appreciation from residents, he said the event “drives home the desperation and despair that is settling in Grand Bahama.”
While speaking at PLP House in Freeport, Mr Davis said: “We in the PLP party recognise the pain and suffering that the residents of Grand Bahama are going through and continue to go through that we needed to bring some relief to them.
“And, it is our appreciation and understanding and sensitivity to the needs they have. We hope we have brought some relief; it is not all I know they would need, but it is some token of what we can do for them.
“We want GB to know we are here for them and continue to be here for them and hope to be able to bring relief and help that they deservedly need.
“We did a similar exercise in Eight Mile Rock, and the residents were very appreciative for what we did; they expressed their appreciation. And, we were deeply moved to be able to do so, and deeply moved by the expressions of thanks for what we have done. And it drives home the desperation and despair that is settling in GB, and we need to alleviate that more urgently now than ever.”
Comments
TigerB 3 years, 2 months ago
I see the PLP is offering a car to the lucky winner of those who register. It's parked next to Deloitte building. That, along with these so call care packages really pulling my leg... it's starting all over again, election season.
tribanon 3 years, 2 months ago
Grand Bahamian voters would be stupid beyond belief if they vote for either the PLP or FNM candidate who runs in their constituency. Grand Bahamians must support the independent candidates and only the independent candidates.
moncurcool 3 years, 2 months ago
Please, independents is a mirage. Only if you are Whitney Bastian with money can you win as an independent.
DWW 3 years, 2 months ago
watch this next circus and be amazed!
tetelestai 3 years, 2 months ago
And even he only won because the PLP did not run a candidate against him.
BahamasForBahamians 3 years, 2 months ago
Amazing how you speak with so much conviction when the law only gives you one vote
tetelestai 3 years, 2 months ago
Rubbish...again. Memo to ignorant Bahamians: Our system is not set up for an independent to have any material affect on our politics. Like it or not, that is the way it is. A vote for an independent will not change our systemic failures, only exacerbate it, actually.
tribanon 3 years, 2 months ago
Bahamian voters are now wise to the very deceitful two-party system that is all about greatly enriching the lives of low-life corrupt FNM and PLP politicians alike with no regard whatsoever to the interests of the vast majority of the Bahamian people. Most voters know they have absolutely no chance of their lives getting any better unless they vote for the best independent candidate running in their constituency.
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