The Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) will hold its convention in the last week of October, PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts confirmed yesterday. Roberts said the convention will be held at the Melia Nassau Beach resort on Cable Beach. The revelation came after Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe said that he is ready to lead the party. Wilchcombe said if the door opens for him to be prime minister, he would take it and serve with distinction. Roberts had no comment on Wilchcombe.

"I wouldn't comment at this time. We will see what transpires with regard to who will be running for leadership," he said.

Roberts said he will make a determination as to whether he will run for chairman just before the convention. Tall Pines MP Leslie Miller said yesterday that he supports Deputy Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis for leader. When asked about Wilchcombe's chances of winning, Miller said, "I hope to live forever too, but that's not going to happen."

The PLP has not held a convention since 2009. It was scheduled to have a convention in 2013, but that was postponed until November 2014. However, it did not happen then either. It is mandated to hold one annually.

Roberts had said that the party hoped to hold the convention when Baha Mar opens, but the resort has already been delayed three times. The party has held several mini conventions on the Family Islands. It remains unclear if Prime Minister Perry Christie will step down or seek another term.

In January, Christie revealed that he would need a compelling reason to stay on as leader of the PLP. He said that he promised his family that 2012 would be his last election. But he admitted that people constantly urge him to remain as leader and said, "At this stage I do not know."

Last year, Foreign Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell said his aspiration for leadership is no secret and that people have used his support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights to say he should be disqualified from ever attempting to lead the country.

But he said that a person's sexual preference should be irrelevant to whether he or she should be elected to public office.

"There is no vacancy at the moment. When it comes I don't see any reason to step back from the breach," he said at the time.

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