Minnis: Vote shows lack of trust in Christie govt
FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis said the country’s overwhelming rejection of the proposed changes to the Constitution yesterday is proof that the public no longer “trusts the Christie administration”.
Smith: This was a missed chance to educate voters
FORMER Cabinet minister George Smith said the government missed the opportunity to “adequately and fairly” educate voters on the extent of the four constitutional bills proposed in yesterday’s referendum.
PM hails significance of today’s budget debate in Parliament
PRIME Minister Perry Christie said today’s budget debate will be the most “significant and interesting” debate in his term as leader.
Dr Duane Sands votes 'Yes' but expects 'No' votes to win
ALTHOUGH he voted in support of all four questions, Free National Movement (FNM) Senator Dr Duane Sands said he does not expect today's gender equality referendum will be successful.
AG: Bahamians will 'do the right thing' when they vote
ATTORNEY General Allyson Maynard-Gibson said on Tuesday that she believes Bahamians will “do the right thing” when they cast their vote in today’s constitutional referendum.
PM disappointed Opposition has 'backed away' from vote support
PRIME Minister Perry Christie said on Tuesday morning he is “disappointed” that the Official Opposition, who “once stood shoulder to shoulder” with him on the constitutional referendum, has decided to “back away” publicly from supporting the vote.
Minnis won’t say how he will vote
FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday refused to reveal how he was voting in today’s equality referendum.
FNM convention result ‘will have to be accepted’
DISSATISFIED Free National Movement members will have no choice but to accept the outcome of the party’s national convention next month, FNM Deputy Leader Peter Turnquest said yesterday.
DNA leader swayed by Dame Joan’s view
DEMOCRATIC National Alliance Leader Branville McCartney yesterday said his perspective on the constitutional referendum bills have evolved in the months leading up to the vote, thanks in part to the arguments laid out by former Court of Appeal President Dame Joan Sawyer.
Sands ‘not sure’ if he will bid for deputy leader role
NEWLY appointed FNM Senator Dr Duane Sands, approached to run for deputy leader of the Free National Movement, said he is “not sure” what he will do.
Independent candidate launches campaign website
TERNEILLE Burrows, independent candidate for the Elizabeth constituency, has launched the official website for her campaign.
Ingraham return ‘not in the realm of possibility’
FORMER Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham’s return to frontline politics “isn’t in the realm” of possibility, according to former Deputy Prime Minister Frank Watson.
Butler-Turner ‘not sure’ about bid for leadership
LONG ISLAND MP Loretta Butler-Turner said yesterday she “is not sure” if she will run again for leader of the Free National Movement at the party’s July convention.
PM: It’s time to vote YES
PRIME Minister Perry Christie last night urged voters to support Tuesday’s referendum, insisting that the idea of a “hidden agenda” involving the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community “is crazy.”
‘Mother’ pratt gives support
FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Cynthia “Mother” Pratt and former Senator Telator Strachan yesterday both pledged their support for Tuesday’s referendum.
