NASSAU, Bahamas –
The governing Free National Movement is getting set to officially launch its 2012 re-election campaign, with a national candidates launch event scheduled for Sunday, January 29 in the nation’s capitol. Thirty-eight seats are being contested in this year’s election. The constitutionally mandated Constituencies Commission late last year reduced the number of seats to 38 from 41; the number of seats in existence in the 2007 general election.
Prime Minister and Leader of the Free National Movement the Rt. Hon. Hubert Ingraham, who led his Party to victory in the 2007 general election, will be seeking his 4th non-consecutive term in office in this year’s election which must be held by May 2, 2012. Prime Minister Ingraham recently indicated his satisfaction with the high level of voter registration for this year’s election.
On Monday, as part of his administration’s continuing thrust to deepen transparency in Government, Prime Minister Ingraham tabled amendment legislation in Parliament which would, for the first time, enable international agencies to monitor general elections in The Bahamas.
On Monday, the governing Party also released the first of its national television ads for the election campaign, under the tagline “We Deliver”; focusing on the unprecedented infrastructural development carried out by the FNM government during this term as a means of creating employment and bolstering key areas of the nation’s economy. Prime Minister Ingraham has indicated that The Bahamas’ economy continues to show signs of stabilization and recovery following the effects of the global economic recession.
Mr. Ingraham will deliver his nationally televised annual New Year’s Address to the Nation on Wednesday, January 25 at 8:00pm.
