In a rare show of wisdom, three prominent PLPs are moving to block the nominations of several members of Parliament who they feel would contribute to a PLP loss at the polls.<\/p>\n
Prominent members of the PLP party are trying to convince leader Perry Christie to drop a few bad apples before the losers contribute to a loss at the polls.<\/p>\n
The irony is that it seems to be a case of the pot calling the kettle black. The three PLP members who are calling to block the nominations have proven themselves useless, or have their own tainted pasts.<\/p>\n
George Smith, who was accused in the Commission of Inquiry as being on Carlos Lehder’s payroll; Philip Galanis, who was fired from the bank he worked at presumably for embezzlement; and Raynard Rigby who has pretty much proven himself incompetent, are the ones calling to block the nominations of their fellow PLP members.<\/p>\n
The candidates whom the trio says the PLP should drop include; Shane Gibson (Golden Gates), Vincent Peet (North Andros), Obie Wilchcombe (West End and Bimini), V. Alfred Gray (MICAL), Leslie Miller (Blue Hills), Anthony Moss and Picewell Forbes.<\/p>\n
Few Bahamians would disagree with those selections.\u00a0 All of the individuals named are considered political losers.<\/p>\n
In a letter to Mr Christie, dated May 5, Smith, Rigby and Galanis point to the infamous Greenberg, Quinlan & Rosner report which was commissioned by the PLP after the party’s loss at the polls in 2007.<\/p>\n
The researchers concluded that the PLP would have to clean house and advance a more progressive social agenda.<\/p>\n
The most important advice given in the report was to can Perry Christie, whose indecisiveness and weak leadership the researchers said was the main cause of the PLP loss.<\/p>\n
Despite the fact that Mr Christie is to blame for the PLP loss in 2007, Smith, Rigby and Galanis stopped short of calling for Christie’s resignation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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