Thompson says govt still working, despite speculation of snap election

Minister of State for Finance Kwasi Thompson yesterday told Bahamians not to allow election talk to distract from the ongoing work of the Minnis-led government.

His comments come amid widespread speculation that an early election is on the horizon.

“We have done a lot in these last four years,” Thompson said in the Senate.

“We’ve done a tremendous amount of work in these last four years and in the face of historically disastrous odds. We on this side, will not stop until we have continued to press and we have continued to achieve all that the people have elected us to achieve.

“So, people may get excited about election talk. People may get excited because candidates are being ratified and people are now starting to get on the ground and that’s fine. That’s our process. That’s good. We will meet in that arena.

“But I don’t want people to believe that that has in any way stopped the passion and stopped the progress that this government continues to make because we will continue to work.”

While the next general election isn’t due until May 2022, in recent weeks, many, including members of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), have speculated that Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis is gearing up to call an early election.

Minnis has shrugged off questions about whether or not he will call an early election.

However, both the Free National Movement (FNM) and PLP are quickly moving to ratify candidates. The FNM has so far ratified 25 candidates and the PLP has ratified 18.

PLP Leader Philip Brave Davis said last week that it is clear that the government intends to call an early election “before the high taxes and layoffs in the budget become public”.

Englerston MP Glenys Hanna-Martin also said it appears that an election is near when she spoke in the House of Assembly last week. No government MP responded to her assertion at the time.

Candidates from both parties have also spent the weekends canvassing their various constituencies and political ads from both parties seem to be omnipresent online. 

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