The Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) is 'desperate' to win the next election and has resorted to throwing low blows against its opponents, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham said.
His comments came after he was asked to respond to remarks made by the PLP's candidate for Tall Pines Leslie Miller, who suggested that a member of the Free National Movement (FNM) is a 'coward' who allegedly abuses his wife.
Ingraham said the allegations are an indication of how 'nasty' the PLP's campaign will become as the time winds down to the next election.
"The PLP is behind; they've done polling. So have we. They know exactly what the lay of the land is. They know where they stand in relation to the election," Ingraham told reporters Monday night, on the sidelines of the official opening of the FNM's Long Island constituency office.
"So they will be more desperate than we are. They would have been campaigning more aggressively than ourselves; they've been advertising more on the radio and television than ourselves; they would have more events than ourselves because they know they are behind. So I'm not surprised by anything they do," Ingraham added.
The prime minister said neither he nor members of his party are throwing low blows. However, the FNM will retaliate when attacked, he said.
"I said at a meeting in Fort Charlotte the other day that they are going to get nastier and nastier. In my case we will not fire the first blow, but we're not going to duck any blows. We will roll with the punches and do whatever is necessary to respond to them, but we are focused and we are satisfied that the people of The Bahamas would like us to become the government again and we will conduct ourselves in a way that is becoming of a party that wants to be the government again."
Both the FNM and PLP have thrown a series of low blows during the election season so far.
But PLP Leader Perry Christie has repeatedly said his party will not get into the gutter with the FNM.
He has said the PLP will stay focused on the issues, and take the high road.
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