This makes no sense. Not after what happened in the last administration. I dont think anyone could join the PLP and claim they wanted to help the disenfranchised. You could do it as an independent....but there may be no money in that.. not judging

Mr. Miller was fired from his post as parliamentary secretary in the Ministry of Social Services in June 2018 for what the government said was a breach of the Manual of Cabinet and Ministry Procedure.
after months of reflection and prayer, and following extensive consultations with his wife, family members, and his constituents, he had decided to join the Progressive Liberal Party.

Translate as after months of eating sour grapes I have decided to get in line early for a seat on the next gravy train.

There is a chance he may not even get the PLP nomination for the constituency, but there is more than likely an agreement in place for him to suddenly decide to tag along after all this time as an independent.

What is laughable is that he doesn't realize he was elected in an anti-PLP wave. It had nothing to do with what he as a person had to offer. A mangy dog could have won that seat. In other words, his political career is over!!

There is something fundamentally wrong with a system where you get elected by voters from one party then as a personal decision, betray that vote by joining another party that those voters did not support. Its time for some kind of constitutional amendment where if a member wants to switch, you vacate the seat and hold a bye-election.

The change can be a matter if certain fundamental principles that ine believes in. So, I can respect that. However, I don't buy that from this guy. What has he really done? He doesn't appear to be some great champion of the people. This country is so sad with the people we choose to elect to office.

Important to remember that you are voting for the candidate, not the party, in our electoral system. That being said, I agree with you 100% in principle. No reason that you should be able to get elected under one party and cross the floor with out hearing from the people that put you there first. Whether we like it or not, most people are voting for the party logo (and their platform/agenda) on their ballot, they don't care whose name is next to it.

Another political joke.

Minnis may as well join the PLP too.

Can anyone think of a single significant positive thing that Minnis has accomplished for the Bahamian people since May 2017? A thick book will some day be written about all the significant negative things attributable to Minnis's incompetency, stupidity and many other serious shortcomings.

Well, he came in as a move to remove the PLP. So, he was a symbol. Lol. For the last few decades, we have had deficiencies in leadership. We had some bright spots in the Ingraham administration but also a bunch of issues as well. The last vision at the PM level that we had was th e beginning of the Pindling administration. That administration had some positives but also negatives. If we go back prior to Independence to the UBP, we get positives and some real bad negatives.

We're a country starving for a real.posiitve change. We're small enough to easily become a beacon of hope for the entire global community. Why do our leaders make it look so hard to run such a small country?

"Well, he came in as a move to remove the PLP."

This mentality right here is why the Bahamas will never improve until Bahamians take a good hard look in the mirror to realize why this country is truly in trouble. As the old saying goes, Bahamians vote governments out, not in, which is exactly why this country is screwed up today.

No government is ever going to please us 100%, so what do we do every time an FNM/PLP administration does something we don't like, send them out of office in an electoral landslide (which, mind you, some administrations have deserved it). Instead of looking at platforms/policies, Bahamians vote out of anger and frustration, which is why there are hardly any leaders with vision for the country today. They don't even have to provide a vision, only wait for the electorate to get sick and tired of the current government so they can cruise into power without ever actually having a plan.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Wow...So he jumps out of the frying pan....And dives into the volcano!

@FrustratedBusinessman......What you're saying is only partially true. Bahamians unquestionably do vote parties out, and not in, however, there was always only one substantial alternative.

Unfortunately, even now the other fringe parties are not smart enough to form a unified coalition in opposition to the PLP and FNM.

If they did, **AND** were able to assure the electorate that they too have not been compromised by the usual corrupt special interest groups, Bahamians would flock to them like flies to honey.

Stupid is as stupid does. Indeed!

I hear your point, but one must look closely at the viability of third parties in our electoral system as well : for all of the foolishness that the Christie administration did in the time period of 2012-2017, a touch short of 60,000 Bahamians still voted for the PLP during the last election. If the FNM were to call a general election today, they would more than likely be able to pull in a similar number.

Those 60,000 voters were nothing but grassroots supporters for the PLP, the kind who will vote nothing but PLP for their entire lives. When you take into consideration that the PLP was able to pull in 60,000 votes without appealing to swing voters at all, it puts into perspective how hard third parties have it in our country. The FNM's grassroots turnout is probably a bit lower, but would still be similar nonetheless. The last third party to win a seat in a Bahamian election would be the BDM from the 70s if my memory is correct (not counting independent candidates). Even if all of the minor/fringe parties were to coalesce as one, their road to victory would still be going up a very steep hill.

Tribune reporter might've thought telephoned the PLP's 2017 defeated Golden Isles Constituency's PLP MP Comrade Michael Halkitis for his **intent run** comment?