PLP Wins North Abaco By-election

Tue, Oct 16th 2012, 08:00 AM

Prime Minister Perry Christie congratulates Renardo Curry on Monday night. (Photo: Felipé Major/Tribune staff)

NORTH ABACO BY ELECTION KEY POINTS 

•PLP Candidate Renardo Curry wins the North Abaco by-election.

•Mr Curry: 'My people know I'm here to fight for them.'

• PLP wins by 2,367 votes to the FNM's 1,513.The Bahamas Constitution Party gets seven votes.

•Party chairman Bradley Roberts thanks the people of North Abaco for their 'orderly manners in which they exercised their unalienable constitutional rights', while former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham voices concern over alleged 'unfair practices' by the PLP.

The victorious PLP candidate, Renardo Curry: "One of the things I did, even when I suffered that defeat (at the general election), the Prime Minister indicated that I keep fighting. And I was so happy when the opportunity existed for me to run again because I love my people.

My people know that I'm here to fight for them and tonight shows that they love me. I felt in the very beginning that our message was very strong. There some indications that showed that if I had a second time around, we could really show our vision and clarity and I think that's what we were able to do today." Read more ...

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