THIS week Renardo Curry will take his seat in the House of Assembly as the newest Member of Parliament for North Abaco. His ascendency concludes an uninspiring campaign process that produced a voter turnout of 86 per cent, down from 91 per cent in May’s general election.
The outcome was hardly any surprise. The Free National Movement fielded an amateur candidate at a time when they could hardly afford any mistakes. Momentum is still with the PLP and complacency has yet to blunt their determination. They were competitive and hungry and they devoured their prey.
Once again the FNM has been left licking its wounds. And some in the party are seriously questioning, did Hubert Ingraham single-handedly unravel the FNM? Did the “oversized ego” of which the PLP warned implode?