The Nassau Guardian
Minnis narrowing down Bannister replacement
The Free National Movement (FNM) is considering eight people to take Senator Desmond Bannister’s position in the upper chamber once his resignation comes into effect, party leader Dr. Hubert Minnis said yesterday.
“Desmond’s resignation takes effect on the 30th [of October] and by the first [of November], you would most certainly know who’s the new senator,” Minnis told The Nassau Guardian yesterday.
Bannister resigned in a letter addressed to Minnis dated September 1.
In the letter, Bannister, who is the leader of opposition business in the upper chamber, said he only intended to remain in the Senate for a 12-month period to provide guidance and leadership for the FNM’s young Senate team.
“That 12-month period passed several months ago,” he said in the letter.
Minnis said the FNM is looking to bring someone into the Senate who will add to the talent that is already in place.
“I’m analyzing what is best for the FNM,” he said.
“We have had executive meetings where the executive members would have put names forth... and some of the names that came forward were names that I was thinking about. I just have to make the final decision.”
Minnis would not say whether the selected person will be a senior member of the FNM or whether that person will also act as the leader of opposition business.
However, he said the appointee will be capable enough to fill Bannister’s shoes.
As for the remaining FNM senators, Minnis said they will be rotated out of the senate in the future.
“I want to introduce a [rotation] type system because I want as many young people as possible exposed and for their leadership potential to come in the forefront,” he said.
“I want to build a cadre of leaders.”
Minnis said once an individual would have been in the Senate for two years, he or she could be moved out.
Other current FNM senators include Kwasi Thompson, Heather Hunt and John Bostwick.
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