The Tribune

By NICO SCAVELLA

Tribune Staff Reporter

nscavella@tribunemedia.net

A FRINGE political party has taken steps to secure electoral observers from the Organization of American States, charging that the high “level of corruption” in the government will not allow for a fair general election process in 2017.

In a statement, Bahamas Constitution Party (BCP) leader Ali McIntosh said the organisation has started “preliminary ground work” to solicit the services of the OAS.

Ms McIntosh also noted that the influence of the People’s Republic of China, primarily through financial support, will affect the general election greatly.

“I am therefore calling on the Government to seek the approval of an observatory mission for the general elections,” Ms McIntosh said. “As the BCP will continue its pursuit to lobby the OAS to request permission to come and observe.”

Ms McIntosh also hit out at the Christie administration for not yet setting a date for the upcoming general election, and demanded that the government do so “forthwith.”

“It is despicable that 167 days from a Constitutional mandate for general elections, and this PLP-Christie administration has not seen fit to warn the country, the day designated for general elections, as if our schedules do not matter in the light of their planned shenanigans,” she said.

And, by virtue of her statement, announced that the BCP, which had suspended its campaign “indefinitely” for introspective purposes in August, has relaunched its “reorganised” and “restructured” campaign in a bid to provide “substantive hope for the salvation and reclamation of the entire Bahamian society.”

“The strategy to retreat and reorganise has been primarily successful, which is why we have returned to forward the BCP agenda for Righteous Governance all the way to the polling day,” Ms McIntosh said.

“The BCP determination to educate the populace on values necessary for good governance and a more transparent standard of leadership, is certainly what the people are indeed ready for, and has placed these demands before the leadership of the government – and have sought their answers in a few days.”