A day after The Nassau Guardian revealed that three influential members of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) were seeking to block the re-nomination of several PLP members of Parliament, former party chairman Raynard Rigby resigned from a crucial party election committee.<\/p>\n
The Nassau Guardian confirmed that Rigby resigned as the coordinator of the southwest constituencies for the party in the upcoming general election.<\/p>\n
It was considered a key position as the PLP oils its machinery for what some pundits think will shape up to be a bitterly fought battle at the polls.<\/p>\n
Rigby told The Guardian he had no comment on the matter.<\/p>\n
As the party has already gone into campaign mode, Rigby was selected to organize the party\u2019s efforts in southwest New Providence.<\/p>\n
As was reported exclusively by The Guardian Monday, Rigby was one of the authors of a letter written to PLP leader Perry Christie, urging him to make \u201cbold decisions\u201d with respect to party nominations.<\/p>\n
The other authors of the letter were Philip Galanis, a former parliamentarian who organized the party\u2019s re-election effort in 2007, and George Smith, a former parliamentarian and Cabinet minister.<\/p>\n
The three men are against the nominations of Shane Gibson (Golden Gates); Vincent Peet (North Andros and the Berry Islands); Obie Wilchcombe (West End and Bimini); V. Alfred Gray (MICAL); Picewell Forbes (South Andros); Leslie Miller (Blue Hills) and Anthony Moss (Exuma).<\/p>\n
They also said the party must be in a position to defend Arnold Forbes (Mount Moriah) in the event he faces any attacks over a reported challenge in his professional life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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