POLITICAL HOPEFUL: PLP NOMINATION PROCESS 'MORE LIKE A BEAUTY CONTEST'

Fri, Sep 2nd 2011, 11:00 PM

By NOELLE NICOLLS

Tribune Staff Reporter

nnicolls@tribunemedia.net

THE nomination process for political candidates is "arbitrary and subject to manipulation", claims political hopeful Craig Butler.

After cutting ties with the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), Mr Butler said he has "no animosity" towards the party, but he has little respect for their nomination process. He called it "more like a beauty contest".

After being passed over for PLP nominations in two constituencies, Elizabeth and Kennedy, Mr Butler said he is pushing forward on his own.

He is vying for the Kennedy seat in the next general election as an independent candidate. Mr Butler said he is d ...

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