FORT Charlotte MP Mark Humes speaking in the House of Assembly yesterday. Photo: Donovan McIntosh/Tribune Staff
By RASHAD ROLLE
Tribune Senior Reporter
rrolle@tribunemedia.net
FORT Charlotte MP Mark Humes interrupted Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis’ speech in the House of Assembly yesterday to urge the Killarney MP to treat him with more respect, saying he deserves it after he was “unceremoniously” dumped from the Free National Movement’s ticket for the next general election.
Dr Minnis was discussing his administration’s plans for Junkanoo when he referred to Drumeco Archer, the FNM’s candidate for Fort Charlotte.
“I call Drumeco Archer,” Dr Minnis said, “I call the next Member of Parliament, Drumeco Archer…”
Mr Humes, in a moment that caught many by surprise, then interrupted Dr Minnis to criticise his reference to Mr Archer and to suggest that he has not ruled out running in the next general election in some form despite being denied a nomination by the FNM.
“Typically, I’m very quiet here in the House and I listen quite intently to what’s taking place and for most of the last few months I’ve sort of kept graciously silent on most matters, actually for the last four years, on most matters that have taken place in Fort Charlotte,” Mr Humes said.
“And I think it’s better said publicly that I think it’s quite disrespectful that as I, the current Member of Parliament, sits here in the House of Assembly, the duly elected and unceremoniously deselected member of Parliament sits here, I think it’s quite disrespectful that my party would refer to (Mr Archer) as the next Member of Parliament.
“There’s no guarantee. The people still have a say in that matter, but I wouldn’t ask for it to be stricken from the record, I would just ask for more respect for the current sitting Member of Parliament until such time that I graciously decide that I’m going to move aside if that’s what I’m going to do. But until such time I would just ask my dear Prime Minister to just give me a little more respect.”
Dr Minnis responded: “I meant no disrespect or ill-intent to the sitting member for Fort Charlotte.”
Mr Humes is one of several sitting FNM MPs who have been denied a nomination in the next election. The others include Fox Hill MP Shonnell Ferguson, East Grand Bahama MP Peter Turnquest and Seabreeze MP Lanisha Rolle.
Pineridge MP Frederick McAlpine is widely expected to be denied a nomination as well.
Comments
Empiricist 3 years, 5 months ago
Perhaps if you cut your hair and comported yourself more professionally you would not have been deselected?
JokeyJack 3 years, 5 months ago
Some people (like you) find the foolest things to talk about. His hair has no effect on the price of a gallon of milk, or your rent. This is why we always end up with a bunch of donkeys in that House. Some chicken and beer and they get in. Never enough chicken and beer to last 5 years though - but people don't care. The education level is pathetic. If the next prime minister of this country is either an FNM or PLP, I think a LOT of Bahamians are going to head to the Mexican border and learn how to say "Yo no hablo Ingles".
WETHEPEOPLE 3 years, 5 months ago
Hair.......really
TalRussell 3 years, 5 months ago
Yikes, the more surprisingly, downright rude and embarrassing the news a red House-elected MP was the intended target of - dished out on the floor of the House, the more desperate is the PM, that much closer rungin' the general election bell, yes?
birdiestrachan 3 years, 5 months ago
Is Bensil Rolle on this list also.
Roc wit doc and Mr Humes deserve each other. both running for the same position senseless.
Empiricist 3 years, 5 months ago
You cannot Go into parliament when you are high on marijuana and expect to earn the respect of your colleagues. This is embarrassing.
TalRussell 3 years, 5 months ago
PM?
BONEFISH 3 years, 5 months ago
@ Emoiricist. Fritzgerald Hinds ,a minister in the PNM government in Trinidad and Tobago has locks. Alando Terrolonge and Damian Crawford, politicians in Jamaica sport the dreadlocks hair-style. The Bahamas is way behind socially than other countries in the English speaking Caribbean. This despite being so call wealthier than them.
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