"On the heels of this stunning move, FNM Chairman Sidney Collie confirmed yesterday that the party received a petition from voters in Long Island who say they do not want Mrs Butler-Turner to represent them in 2017. **Mr Collie would not say how many signatories** were on the petition, but he said it, along with the opinions of constituents, would play into whatever decision the Executive Committee makes." This is utter BS. The same lack of transparency that cause you to be in this position in the first place- FNM will NEVER learn. Six people? Twenty people? Who are these people? But more than that THIS is the response to your political beat down? Petty, dumb and painfully obvious. LBT probably knew what was coming from those old heads. Watch what happens...

So? It should be far less. Too many silent do nothings in Parliament. They are so quiet you FORGET they are there. But they collect salaries and a slew of other perks, including health insurance no doubt and pensions for doing absolutely nothing but warming a seat for 8 years. We need to streamline government not make it larger. Cabinet ministers should be capable experts in the respective fields NOT elected officials with no idea about their ministries. What does Maynard know about policing? Brave ever built or design anything?

Tribune- these seven were not "rebels". It miscasts them and what they have done. Expand the vocabulary and find a more fitting descriptor.

"Mr Christie did not disclose the sale price, adding that the negotiated agreement between CTFE and the resort's secured creditor, China Export-Import Bank, were still sealed by the court." This is bullshit? What court? Why? What are the terms since the Bahamian people holding the bag. PGC- it is crap like this that we are sick of.

One extra minister to pay. One extra pension. One extra office allowance. One extra license plate or car. One extra driver salary. There are costs involved in these decisions which this administration seems unable to reign in. But the good news is that every administration who messed with boundaries- lost the following election. PLP are you going to stay true to form?

410 delegates can't win a constituency much less a national election. Their vision was obviously only as far as the walls of the room they were in, rather than where it should have been, on the national picture.

LOL. but that means we need to watch what they doing. Now that the spotlight is off- no telling what might go down on that side.

From what I know of him, Chris is a smart guy. You don't need to worry about him.

The Chinese trying to get in the mortuary business? She don't have enough money on her own?

My fellow Bahamians stop being willfully ignorant and spreading misinformation. Despite 'traditions" The Bahamas constitution indicates the following: 1. Just because you were elected as your party leader does not automatically mean you have a right to lead your party in parliament in the position of "leader of the Opposition in parliament" if your party loses the election, or as "Prime Minister" if your party wins. 2. Being a member of parliament actually means something. Power doesn't rest solely in the hand of the party leader - despite the growing veneer of dictatorship in the role. The elected members of parliament decide who will lead them in opposition and who will lead as Prime Minister. For example if PGC is the leader of the party that wins the most seats in an election and the majority of his comrades also elected decide that they don't want him to serve as PM but Gibson, then that majority could make their desires known. PGC would remain leader of the PLP party but would NOT lead the government- Gibson would. This means several things: 1. The act of the seven was a democratic one enshrined in the constitution.2. Party politics and party constitutions do not supercede the rules of the Bahamas Constitution. Meaning keep your petty internal politics to ya damn self. We regular non-party member Bahamians are SICK a ya'll willfully blind political sheep. 3. Minnis can be leader of the FNM but that does not automatically make him leader of the opposition in parliament. 4. Minnis can be leader of the FNM but that doesn't mean that he would become PM- if the FNM won the next election. 5.Just because LBT is leader in the house does not make her leader of the FNM- or ensures that she will become leader of the party. 6. She can become prime minister without being party leader. This is why ya need to stop voting for party and think about who these people these party send to you really are! And once again- ya'll need to separate party politics form Bahamian governance! 7. It also means that the PLP is as weak as the FNM and all its members are responsible for the state of affairs for the country. I will remember these things at the polls. Members of parliament continue to support a leader who is lacking when they have been empowered to come together and choose someone else. Only thing that stops them- is self interest- all of em have the same ambitions as LBT but ironically they lack the cahones AKA balls to make their intentions known. A bunch of cowards scared to be separated from the teat of the public purse. I am sick of cowards and every one of our parliamentarians - except seven- are complete cowards.