POLITICAL activist and attorney D Halson Moultrie joined the Free National Movement yesterday, saying the party is the best option to get the country back on track.

“After in-depth soul searching and a thorough analysis of the current political environment and landscape in our Bahamas, I have decided to join the Free National Movement and to lend my expertise to the team dedicated to rescuing our country from those who have led our country to the brink of disaster where crime is out of control, unemployment is at an all time high and rising poverty level continues unabated,” Mr Moultrie said in a press statement.

“I am determined to become a part of the solution as opposed to being a spectator or a part of the problem.”

He added: “I am satisfied that of all the existing political parties, the FNM offers the Bahamian people the best opportunity to dramatically reduce the high unemployment, reduce deficit spending, reduce the national debt and put our country back on the road to prosperity. I am convinced that Dr Hubert Minnis and his leadership team will restore our Bahamas to the past position as the envy of the world. Dr Minnis is a man that walks the walk that he talks. Unlike others, he is not a pontificator full of hollow words, powder puffs and dye, rather he is a doer and a man of action.

“The FNM led by Dr Minnis and his team is indeed the way to build a new and better Bahamas.”

According to the press release, Mr Moultrie is a political activist and community builder who once contested the MICAL constituency as a candidate for the Progressive Liberal Party.

He spent more than 20 years as a meteorologist and is specially trained in climatology. He is the senior partner at the law firm of LIF Chambers and is an ordained minister at Bahamas Faith Ministries.

FNM Chairman Michael Pintard said: “Our party recognises consistency, perseverance and patriotism. We continue to build an organisation open to all Bahamians willing to make a contribution to the political process in strengthening our democracy and the advancement of our Bahamas.”