NDP Leader Renward Wells: Time for Third Party in Bahamas

By: - March 31st, 2011

Renward Wells, leader of the National Development Party in the Bahamas, said it was time for a third party to make a significant difference in Bahamian politics. “We believe that it is high time for another party, other than the PLP or the FNM,” he said. “It is absolutely the right time to do it.” The NDP is in talks with independent Bamboo Town MP Branville McCartney to try and persuade him to join the NDP or make an alliance with his party should he form one. “I am taking a lot of people who support Mr. McCartney so they can hear from him as to what is what, and then they can make up their minds based on what they currently believe and are willing to accept.”

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