Good riddance to Dr. Hubert Minnis and Dr. Duane Sands. Don’t let the door hit you where the good Lord split you. If the FNM wants to regain the government they must cut ties with Minnis and Sands. They both are obviously too arrogant and detached from the wishes of the people to even be considered. Both the FNM and the PLP need to shed their skin and allow younger, more innovative minds to lead. I don’t care if Minnis is “laying pipe” or “pumping iron”. So long as he does it away from here.

Lolololololol, thank you for this on a Monday morning.

LOL

This made my day, thanks!

The FNM party would be making a terrible mistake if Minnis is allowed to spend even one day in the new parliament as leader of the opposition. Also, it should be up to whomever replaces him as leader of the party to have the final say on all FNM appointments to the senate.

Truth be told, Minnis has an absolutely appalling track record (to say the least) when it comes to the vast majority of individuals he hand picked for political appointments of any kind. His role going forward must be limited to nothing more than representing his constituents in Killarney. And if he doesn't like that, then he should resign from his seat in parliament and spend his time fishing with that other politically disgraced dinosaur, Hubert Ingraham.

But he won his seat by 600votes? Candidates like thompson and cartwright were community builders and retained their seats because of their hard work and humility. I do not see it.

Dr Minnis seemed to like pliable people , they could either be bent or were willing to bend. Look at the people he kept close to him.... shades of grey

Carl Culmer, Maurice Moore and anyone else who defended Dr Minnis needs to resign. No animosity toward them, but to have so badly miscalculated and to have enabled the behaviour of Minnis, how can they be a part of any visionary path forward? They have shown that they too are out of touch.

Fully agree.

Absolutely!

If they dont seek new younger minds they will stay out.

We dont need new or younger. We need good men and women be they 20 or 80. Progressive societies around the world are leaning on the knowledge and experience of elders at the same time that they galvanize the energy of youth. When we cut out our brain in favour of energy we do ourselves a huge disservice. Look at Travis, intelligent energetic young man, what he do but sing?

Kwasi Thompson as leader? FNMs might go on vacation abroad for the next voting exercise.Dr Minnis knows why he wants him there, he can manipulate him. Dr Sands first then Pintard. I like Cartwirght too seems intelligent and decent. Those three guys in senior leadership with some good mentorship would be good

Mentorship from who, though? DR. Sands was rejected in Elizebeth with the endorsement of Hubert Ingraham. He had Hubert and still lost.

I think Elizabeth is naturally a PLP seat. With FNMs not coming out to vote, independents feeling no affinity for Minnis and the PLP galvanized it was probably an uphill battle.

Yes mentorship from Hubert Ingraham, he at least had enough sense to see the Minnis disaster. But he's not the only one, he's the most well known

Even Perry Christie has wisdom to give. Mentorship doesn't mean you do whatever they tell you to do. It means you can lean on the experience of these people because theyve walked the path before, theyve made mistakes, they can tell you the pitfalls and guide you to what "might" be the most efficient path. You still make your own decisions

2007 : PLP
2010 by-election : PLP
2012 : PLP
2017 : FNM
2021 : PLP

Fair to say that area has a faint gold leaning to it. The FNM victory in 2017 is the exception.

Sands is a complete nonstarter; he's as politically tone deaf as they come. Cartwright is much too inexperienced right now. And puppet Thompson is a 'yes man' and could never be an effective leader on his own two feet. That leaves Pintard as the only reasonable option in my mind, at least starting immediately for the near term.

I cannot emphasize how important it is that Minnis not be allowed to remain leader of the FNM party, even for the near term. Letting him as a disgraced former PM become leader of the opposition in the new parliament would likely deal a fatal blow at the outset to the FNM party's chances of having any success in the next general election.

Yeah Sands is not a politician. Ok with me. But it means he has an uphill battle with a Bahamian electorate who has an affinity for a slick tongue. He needs an ethical savvy political advisor beside him

In the weeks leading to the election , two or three times a week, Sands appeared with alarmist Nahaja calling for lockdown.

Complete puppy show. No way people would vote for him.

Covid is endemic now. Time for lockdown over.

Pintard for leader, with Cartwright as deputy is the best combo imo. Both won with the full support of their communities, and it is a good combo of experience with youth.

Minnis has to go with no question. When you lose seats like Central & South Abaco, North Eleuthera, and Freetown as an FNM government, there is no way you can stay on as leader. Christie had no problems staying on after 2007 because it was close. A couple thousand votes a different way spread out in certain constituencies, and he would have been PM. It was nowhere close for Minnis.

In my humble opinion, Dr. Sands is the best man for the job. I say make him senate leader and leader of the deadbeat FNM. He is articulate and he is not afraid to make difficult decisions. And most importantly he reports the truth, no matter how bad it hurts people feelings. It's called touch love! Bahamians need someone who is not afraid of innovation and massive change. IF we are honest, we have to admit that this country needs real change to survive. We are light years behind the rest of the Caribbean in terms of education and technology, the two main tools that is absolutely necessary for any country to survive today. Our archaic ways of thinking ain't gon cut it we are to move forward as a nation. Just saying.

It first takes honesty and bravery by the FNM Council to call the spades. No one connected to HAI should lead