Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Dr Hubert Minnis (standing, right) gestures towards Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Works Desmond Bannister (seated, left) during debate in the House of Assembly on Monday, March 1, 2021. (FILE PHOTO)
NASSAU, BAHAMAS Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said yesterday that if the Free National Movement (FNM) is successful in being re-elected to office, he and Deputy Prime Minister Desmond Bannister will do something that has never been done in The Bahamas: “split” the leadership of the government.
The prime minister made the statement while leading the mid-year budget debate in Parliament.
“The deputy prime minister and I have a commitment,” Minnis said.
Adrian White, FNM candidate for St Anne’s.
Kenneth “Ken” Smith, FNM candidate for Mangrove Cay and South Andros.
Those vying for representation in the House of Assembly include Adrian White for St Anne’s, the seat held by Brent Symonette; Brian Brown for Golden Isles; Stephen Greenslade for Garden Hills, the seat currently held by Brensil Rolle; and Kenneth “Ken” Smith for Mangrove Cay and South Andros.
When contacted, Rolle, the minister of public service and national insurance, did not comment on the ratification.
Senators Jennifer Isaacs-Dotson will vie for the Exumas and Ragged Island seat and Felicia Knowles for Rum Cay, Cat Island and San Salvador.
Former Deputy PM Peter Turnquest
Kwasi Thompson
NASSAU| Well the Free National Movement 2021 Election paraphernalia arrived today at the Port under the signage of a major Number House Boss in the country.
Bahamas Press warns young Bahamians, the unemployed and the depressed who didn’t get a chance to vote in 2017 to REGISTER at your earliest connivence.
PM Minnis will be campaigning in MICAL over the weekend as he plants his new candidate for the area. Miriam Emmanuel will be dropped as the FNM MP for the area!
PM Minnis is also expected to dump his former
Deputy PM Peter Turnquest from his East End Grand Bahama. The current Minister of State for