{"id":21197,"date":"2012-05-01T10:31:54","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T14:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=21197"},"modified":"2012-05-01T11:47:06","modified_gmt":"2012-05-01T15:47:06","slug":"ingraham-puts-marguerite-pindling-in-her-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2012\/05\/ingraham-puts-marguerite-pindling-in-her-place","title":{"rendered":"Ingraham Puts Marguerite Pindling In Her Place"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_21198\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21198\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21198\" title=\"marguerite-pindling\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/marguerite-pindling.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/marguerite-pindling.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/marguerite-pindling-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">marguerite pindling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>COOPER\u2019S TOWN, North Abaco \u2014 Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham and Dame Marguerite Pindling fired strong words at each other as the political campaigns entered a heated homestretch over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Dame Marguerite, the widow of the first Bahamian prime minister, the late Sir Lynden Pindling, lashed out at Ingraham at a Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) rally on Friday night, accusing him of mistreating her and Sir Lynden after the PLP lost the government in 1992, and suggesting that he created so much stress for the \u201cfather of the nation\u201d that it ultimately led to Sir Lynden\u2019s illness.<\/p>\n<p>But Ingraham shot back at FNM rallies on Saturday, saying Dame Marguerite is not his friend, and that she was just hurt after losing \u201cthe life of privilege she believed she is entitled to live\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at Clifford Park, Dame Marguerite said she had to \u201cset the record straight\u201d after Ingraham played a clip of Sir Lynden Pindling\u2019s 1997 farewell address to Parliament in which he referred to Ingraham as his \u201cmost illustrious protege thus far\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ingraham said, \u201c&#8230;You know and I know, [that] Lady Pindling and me [are] no friends \u2014 never have been friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand how hurt she must feel at losing the life of privilege she believed she is entitled to live at the expense of the Bahamian people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell power in this country belongs to the people and those of us like me and her, who are fortunate enough to get elected should never forget that \u2014 the power is yours, not ours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ingraham said it is because of him and the Bahamian people that Dame Marguerite lost her position.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not regret having done so one little bit,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was time for them to go and we must together ensure that they never, ever come back.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dame Marguerite Pindling accused Ingraham of turning his back on her corrupt former dictator husband but Ingraham put her back in her place with a few sharp 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