The government has named seven more senators.
According to a statement from the Cabinet Office, Prime Minister Perry Christie advised the governor general to appoint defeated Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) candidates Frank Smith, Gregory Burrows, Jerome Gomez, Julian Russell, Gary Sawyer, Alex Storr and Tanisha Tynes.
They will be sworn in at Government House at 4 p.m. today.
The senators will add to the previous government appointments of Senator Allyson Maynard-Gibson and Senator Keith Bell.
"Regarding the appointment of the new senators, the prime minister remarked that they collectively represent the youngest group of government senators ever appointed in the history of The Bahamas," said the statement.
"This, he said, was yet another early demonstration of his determination to prepare the country for a new generation of leadership.
"The prime minister added that it was a matter of personal regret that he could not also have appointed Mr. Clay Sweeting as a senator, but that as Mr. Sweeting is still in his 20s he is not constitutionally eligible to serve in the Senate at this time."
However, according to the statement, Sweeting will be appointed to another "important position" where he is expected to play a role in national governance. The statement did not specify where Sweeting would be placed.
A person must be 30 or older to be appointed to the Senate.
Christie also advised that defeated PLP candidate for North Abaco Renardo Curry declined his Senate appointment to ensure that he is ready for the anticipated by-election in that constituency.
Former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham has announced that he will resign his North Abaco seat on July 19, which means that another representative will have to be elected.
The Cabinet Office said Christie will advise the governor general to appoint three additional senators following consultation with Leader of the Opposition Dr. Hubert Minnis.
The Bahamas Constitution requires consultation with the opposition on some Senate appointments.
Four Free National Movement Senators were sworn in on Wednesday.
They are former Education Minister Desmond Bannister; former Minister of State for Finance Zhivargo Laing; former Pineridge MP Kwasi Thompson and defeated FNM Marathon candidate Heather Hunt.

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