Craig Butler will once again not run as a candidate for the PLP in the upcoming general election

Butler will not run as PLP candidate

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AFTER being passed over in the Elizabeth by-election last year, attorney Craig Butler will once again not run as a candidate for the PLP in the upcoming general election, The Tribune has been informed.

With a history of drug use that ended nearly 10 years ago, Mr Butler said that his past is continuing to haunt him to this day despite his "continued commitment and dedication" to the PLP.

According to Mr Butler, the party's leader Perry Christie has informed him outright that running him as a candidate in this election would be too much of an "embarrassment" for the PLP.

"Clearly, my party has demonstrated to me by their words that there is no room for me in the PLP as a Member of Parliament," Mr Butler said.

This "embarrassing past." Mr Butler said, was the same excuse used by the party to deny him the nomination in Elizabeth, despite the fact that he had already been working on the ground ahead of the area's current representative, Ryan Pinder.

"I have been forthright with people about my past. And the PLP has always prided itself on being the party of second chances, but for all the persons that the party looks like it will be running in the upcoming election, for me to be an embarrassment to them, I find that incredulous," Mr Butler said.

At this point, Mr Butler said he will quietly consider his future in the party - a statement that has raised concerns in some quarters of the PLP. Some PLPs reportedly believe that a plan has been set in motion for Mr Butler to join the governing FNM as their candidate for the Kennedy constituency.

However, attempts to reach Mr Butler for comment regarding this aspect of his political future were unsuccessful up until press time last night.

May 12, 2011

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