The Tribune

By JADE RUSSELL

Tribune Staff Reporter

jrussell@tribunemedia.net

FORMER Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis took shots at Free National Movement candidates who, after holding office in certain constituencies, are now seeking election in different seats.

“Regardless of how they cut it, I’m staying in Killarney unlike many others who have ran from one constituency to another,” he said while appearing on Beyond the Headlines with Shenique Miller on Monday where he confirmed his plans to run as an independent candidate in the next general election.

When asked who he was referring to, Dr Minnis declined to name specific candidates, saying their decisions had been repeatedly highlighted in newspaper reports.

Pressed further on his views about candidates leaving their former constituencies, he said: “I don't know if individuals are running. They must be afraid of something. So they'd have to inform us what that fear is all about, but I'm not afraid of it.”

Several FNM candidates are now seeking election in constituencies other than those they previously represented.

FNM chairman Dr Duane Sands was the former Member of Parliament for Elizabeth before losing the seat in the 2021 general election to JoBeth Coleby-Davis of the Progressive Liberal Party. Dr Sands is now seeking to represent the Bamboo Town constituency.

Travis Robinson, who served as the FNM Member of Parliament for Bain and Grants Town from 2017 to 2021, lost his seat in the last general election. Mr Robinson is now seeking to win the Fort Charlotte constituency. FNM deputy leader Shanendon Cartwright, the sitting Member of Parliament for St Barnabas, has been ratified as the party’s candidate for the newly created St James constituency.

Dr Minnis has represented the Killarney constituency since 2007.