“PLP convention Jan. 24-26” – The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article; “After postponing its convention following the passage of Hurricane Matthew, the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) gas decided that it will stage the event on January 24-26 next year.

In an internal communication yesterday, PLP Secretary General Barbara Pierre advised party officers that the three-day convention will be held at the Melia Nassau Beach resort, West Bay Street.

The convention, the first since 2009, will see the highly anticipated showdown between PLP Fort Charlotte candidate Alfred Sears and Prime Minister Perry Christie.

Sears has expressed confidence that he will win.

Despite an emergence of Christie supporters within the PLP snubbing Sears’ leadership bid, the former attorney general has not backed down.”

Finally, after seven years, the Progressive Liberal Party has decided to host a national convention; with Alfred Sears putting his ‘army’ together to clash with the present leader and about 4000 Stalwart Councilors give or take one or two.

What I find admirable about Mr. Sear, if his leadership bid is genuine, is the fact that he refuses to back down, knowing full well that a delayed convention only gives the leader of the Progressive Liberal Party that much more time to shore up his Stalwart base by adding a ‘couple’ here and there, Mr. Sears response is one of optimism, in that it will give him more time to campaign; I honestly wish him all the luck in the world because as the Prime Minister once said, “You can go to God……..”

What is notably disturbing here is that the Prime Minister and his party has denied democracy to the members of their very own party by violating their very own constitution and not holding a convention earlier, as the PLP constitution calls for a convention very year as stated in Article 7.1 of the Party’s Constitution: “There shall be a General Meeting of the Party every year in the month of either October or November or as otherwise determined by the National General Council, which meeting shall be named the National General Convention.”

The current leadership has denied the members of that party the right to choose leadership, other positions and make possible amendments to its constitution for over seven years but yet this is the very same party that wishes for the people of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas to re-elect it and have it honor the country’s constitution; we saw just well that worked out over the past 4 and a half years.

The Progressive