FNM's Clifton MP 'may not retain party's nomination'
tribune242:
TROUBLE may be brewing in the FNM's Clifton constituency as reports suggest that the incumbent Member of Parliament Kendal Wright may not be retaining the party's nomination to run for the area in the next general election.
According to reports reaching The Tribune, a young woman attorney from a prominent law firm was being put forward as the party's new "top pick" for the incumbent's seat.
As it is a well known secret that there is little love lost between Mr Wright and the party's leader Hubert Ingraham, some sources have suggested that this move could be designed to finally remove the MP from the party's backbench.
However, with the next general election less than 23 months away, other sources within the FNM have shot down such reports as mere PLP propaganda designed at "distracting" the party from its current work.
"The Prime Minister is busy at this time conducting the business of running the country. He is not even thinking about candidates at this point so such suggestions would be ludicrous at best. And one must remember, whatever the perception may be with regards to Mr Wright and the Prime Minister's relationship, a seat is a seat. Why would you run anyone in a constituency where you have an incumbent member?
"There are many other seats where young energetic candidates can be placed. Farm Road for instance is one that we would like to win. So that is where I believe you would see interest being placed," the source said.
Additionally, there have been reports from some political quarters that the government might replace the Clifton constituency totally by moving the boundary lines and recreating the former Adelaide constituency.
These new boundary lines, it was said, would consume the western part of New Providence in the constituencies of Adelaide in the south-west and Killarney to the west-north.
June 24, 2010
tribune242
A political blog about Bahamian politics in The Bahamas, Bahamian Politicans - and the entire Bahamas political lot. Bahamian Blogger Dennis Dames keeps you updated on the political news and views throughout the islands of The Bahamas without fear or favor. Bahamian Politicians and the Bahamian Political Arena: Updates one Post at a time on Bahamas Politics and Bahamas Politicans; and their local, regional and international policies and perspectives.
