By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS

Tribune Staff Reporter

lmunnings@tribunemedia.net

PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis has criticised St Anne’s MP Adrian White for suggesting Free National Movement (FNM) voters are the only “sensible” ones, saying every Bahamian voter makes a deliberate, sensible decision.

“I would never say that persons who voted for the FNM are not sensible, because I would think that every Bahamian that goes to the voting poll would be deliberate in their decision, would take into account what they believe that will advance them and vote like that. That’s a sensible choice that any voter will make,” he said.

Mr Davis’ comments followed a backlash against Mr White, who, during a Love 97 interview, said: “Sensible people vote FNM. Every constituency has voted FNM except Englerston. Every seat has voted FNM, so every seat can be seen as a sensible seat.”

Englerston MP Glenys Hanna-Martin called the remarks offensive and demanded an apology.

“I think the member –– just my advice –– ought to consider making an apology to the people of Englerston,” she said. “Because in his innuendo, either direct or indirect, is an assertion that the people of Englerston ain’t got no sense.”

Mr White later said that he did not intend to insult anyone, saying: “All seats would qualify as sensible seats since at one time or another they all voted FNM, all except Englerston.”

Rejecting claims that FNM seats are blindly loyal, Mr White said: “People have said you could run this creature or that type of creature and the people there would still vote FNM. To me, that’s insulting and a dismissive misconception.”

He also accused Ms Hanna-Martin of a racial attack during her House contribution.

“Politics is a rough game. You take your licks as well as you give them, and you move on with the other cheek,” he said.