By ELCOTT COLEBY
Bahamas Information Services

Nassau, The Bahamas (BIS) May 13th, 2017 – Pronouncing a “new day” in The Bahamas and pledging to honour the mandate of change, the newly sworn-in Hon. Hubert A. Minnis became the fourth Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas on May 11, 2017 at Government House.

“We will honour this mandate for change,” said the Prime Minister.

Prime Minister Minnis said that although The Bahamas is a small country, its democracy is rightly the envy of many countries throughout the world that “mark the manner of our bearing.”

“Yesterday’s general election was peaceful and free from violence,” he pointed out. “With civility and nobility, Bahamians from all walks of life joined hands and hearts to forge a new direction for our country.

“Now we are witnessing another orderly transfer of power,” he noted.

Prime Minister Minnis pledged that his Government would honour the public trust with an unwavering commitment to good governance, the rule of law, transparency, accountability and the common good.

“We will respect the Constitution; and we will abide by the longstanding and tested conventions of our parliamentary democracy,” Prime Minister Minnis said.

“We commit ourselves to the common good of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas,” he said. “We rely on the blessings of Almighty God, who is the source of all power and grace.

“I thank you and good evening and God bless us all” concluded our newly sworn-in Prime Minister.

There were thirty-nine seats contested in the 10th May general elections and when the hotly contested battle was over, the opposition Free National Movement had secured thirty-five of the thirty-nine seats.

 

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