As I sat in Star Bucks this morning, the sentiment being expressed was that the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) lost largely in part due to poor leadership and governance and therefore the ‘innocents’ were made to ‘suffer for sins the guilty’, if you can label anyone within the out-going Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) government as ‘innocent’.

“A look at the numbers” – The Nassau Guardian”

Excerpt from this article; “KEY members of the Christie administration were slaughtered in Wednesday’s general election that saw Free National Movement FNM) Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis elected as the fourth prime minister of The Bahamas.

Former Prime Minister Perry Christie and ministers Dr. Bernard Nottage, Jerome Fitzgerald, Shane Gibson, Melanie Griffin, Hope Strachan, Fred Mitchell, Michael Halkitis and Kenred Dorsett all lost seats.

Also losing their seats were former ministers V Alfred Gray, Dr. Michael Darville, Obie Wilchcombe and Dr. Perry Gomez.

Centerville presented a tough battle.

FNM candidate won the seat by seven votes over Christie.”

I must admit that the results of the recent election held on Wednesday of this week was a total shock to me, because it was my prediction that the Free National Movement would indeed win the election but I suggested by about three to five sets; bringing about a ‘balance of power’, so to speak but this was not to be, as the PLP government was defeated 35 to 4, with the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) again not winning any seats and actually seeming to lose support.

There is wide spread speculation as to why the Free National Movement won so handedly and beside Dr. Hubert Minnis staying the course and putting together an excellent and diverse team; whom I have all confidence will turn the country around for the better, there is the perception that many ‘good’ PLP candidates become ‘victims’ of their party’s abuse of power over the Bahamian people and of the positions of power and abuse thereof over the past five years – the ‘innocent’ were made to suffer for the guilty.

As we move forward , I am expecting the argument to be made that Dr. Hubert Minnis did not win the election but rather the Progressive Liberal Party lost the election; this argument will be presented and rejected because of the fact that Dr. Minnis brought the Free National Movement back together as a political organization, which was clearly seen at the rallies leading up to the day of the election but even with all of the of speculation as to why the FNM won the reality is that they have won and now the work of the party has began as the government of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas, bringing about the positive change necessary to move the country forward as was promised by the pervious administration.

The Progressive Liberal Party fails for one reason, it is their nature.

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