This may come as a big surprise to Perry Christie and Hubert Ingraham, but a man called PA Strachan intends to be the next prime minister of the Bahamas.
The 59-year-old farmer from Bacardi Road has had enough of “promises and delusions” and says he intends to lead the country to a new age of prosperity.
This week Mr Strachan, who claims to be a former FNM member, placed advertisements in Bahamian newspapers announcing the formation of the United Reform Party, of which he is leader.
He told The Tribune yesterday he expects to run candidates in every seat in the Bahamas when the general election is called.
With an alleged membership of 200, the URP is not entering the fray as just another meaningless “fringe” party, he stressed.
According to Mr Strachan, it will wipe the PLP and FNM off the electoral map, heralding a new age in Bahamian politics.
“I have come to the conclusion that commonsense ain’t so common,” said Mr Strachan. “We must educate the people properly. I don’t expect to gain no seats, I expect to win the government.”
Claiming that “God is the real chief” of the URP, Mr Strachan added: “I have been in politics a long time. I have a lot of experience. I am well known and I learnt my politics from Cecil Wallace-Whitfield.”
Why run now? “Because my time has come,” he said. “People are not registering to vote because they don’t think there’s anything to register for. The country is in a mess.
“I am going to be holding a press conference soon and my party is going to have the biggest conference ever seen in these parts.”
The URP intends to fight crime and provide the honesty and respect people are looking for, said the Eleuthera-born family man.
“We’ll make no promises we can’t fulfil,” he added, “We will not tolerate false promises.”
Are people likely to take him seriously? The Tribune asked. “People will not only take me seriously, I will be prime minister this next election. By God’s grace, I will become prime minister. Promises are comfort to a fool, but I say let the truth reign.
“When God is on the throne, we cannot lose. I will make a good prime minister. The proof of the pudding is in the eating. I am thinking only of winning. Defeat doesn’t come to my mind.”
Mr Strachan, who discarded his first name ‘Prince’ in favour of the initials ‘PA’, by which is known, said he will announce his list of candidates soon.
Last night an arrogant PLP source said: “I guess we should be shaking in our shoes, but I ain’t heard of no PA Strachan or the United Reform Party.”
Source: The Tribune
