PM: FNM still financially challenged

Wed, Apr 25th 2012, 09:36 AM

While Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham reported that donations to the Free National Movement (FNM) are going "very well", he said his party is still "struggling financially".
The FNM leader declined to provide a figure of how much money the party received in the week-and-a-half since he made an appeal to supporters to donate through the party's website, but he said he is pleased so far with the level of donations.
"Quite a number of Bahamians have contributed to our online donation effort," he told The Guardian yesterday. "I am quite pleased with what is happening. People from all over The Bahamas are contributing, Grand Bahama, New Providence , Abaco, Long Island, Eleuthera, have all contributed to the party's effort. The donations have been as little as $10 and as high as $5,000."
Asked if the donations were enough to place the party in a comfortable position, Ingraham said the FNM is still depending on its supporters.
"We are financially challenged but we are making the best out of the situation," he said as he received notification on his phone of a $100 donation out of Abaco.
Ingraham has appealed to supporters to donate on several occasions.
"You'd be supporting the base of the FNM in terms of financial support. So I ask all persons residing in The Bahamas to please donate to the FNM. All you need is your credit card, Visa or MasterCard. Click on donate and tell us whether its $50, $100, $5,000 or $10,000," he said during a rally in Grand Bahama last weekend.
Ingraham added: "I would know instantly when you donate because it all comes through my BlackBerry as soon as you do it. And it only comes through my BlackBerry, no other one... only mine."
Ingraham said if someone sends the party money and it does not want to accept the money from that person it would be sent back immediately.
Ingraham has said repeatedly that the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) is in a better financial position than the FNM.

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