After watching last week’s Torchbearers Convention at the Meliá hotel, a veteran of the Free National Movement, who spent decades on the frontline of politics, noted his delight and deep satisfaction that the party was home to a new generation of young Bahamians.

He enthused that the party’s founders would be very pleased to see the young people attracted to and involved in the party today nearly 50 years after its founding. He applauded the faces of a new generation and how the party is evolving.

Though it retains the traditions and hallmarks of the party, today’s FNM does not look like 1972 or 1992. This is a good thing. It must be the party of 2022 and beyond and must continue to innovate and grow for a new era.

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