The Free National Movement (FNM) has made its decision on whether to support the controversial Gaming Bill, but it is not yet prepared to make it known, Opposition Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis said.
However, both Montagu MP Richard Lightbourn and Long Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner said the party is not prepared to support the bill in its current form.
"I'm not supporting this bill," Butler-Turner told The Nassau Guardian.
The bill would allow casinos to offer mobile and Internet gaming, while preventing web shops from legally doing so, and maintains the status quo on who is prohibited from gambling.
People ordinarily resident in The Bahamas cannot gamble legally in casinos.
"I want to tell you this whole gambling issue was supposed to be debated [on Wednesday]," Butler-Turner said.
"That is what we were preparing for."
She said 24 hours before coming to the House of Assembly, the opposition was advised that debate will take place on the National Tripartite Council Bill
"You know why? The governing party is self-destructing," Butler-Turner said.
"They are having internal mutiny.
"This is a government that has obviously lost the mandate of its membership to govern. They are not on one accord."
East Grand Bahama MP Peter Turnquest, North Eleuthera MP Theo Neilly and Central Grand Bahama MP Neko Grant offered no comment on the bill.
St. Anne's MP Hubert Chipman and Central and South Abaco MP Edison Key have said that they do not support the discriminatory elements of the bill.
Debate on the Gaming Bill is expected to begin in the House of Assembly next week.
Several Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) MPs criticized the bill this week.
Marco City MP Greg Moss and MICAL MP V. Alfred Gray told The Nassau Guardian that they do not support foreigners being able to do something in The Bahamas that Bahamians cannot do.
Exuma and Ragged Island MP Anthony Moss said he was glad that debate on the bill was postponed because he was not "prepared to support it".
Greg Moss said he "will not support any legislation that discriminates against Bahamians".
On Sunday, Gaming Board Chairman Dr. Andre Rollins said he will not support the bill because it discriminates against Bahamians.
Bamboo Town MP Renward Wells and Mount Moriah MP Arnold Forbes also said they have concerns about a bill that discriminates against Bahamians.

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