NASSAU, Bahamas — West Grand Bahama and Bimini MP Pakesia Parker-Edgecombe has denied assertions from Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Fred Mitchell that she sought a nomination from his party, EYEWINESS News reported on Wednesday, February 17.
EYEWITNESS News said that in a post on Twitter, “Mitchell said since the FNM MP challenged his integrity in a ‘sporadic attack of the PLP’, he would reveal the ‘entire story’ of her purportedly meeting with the PLP leader and chairman, and agreeing to resign from the FNM in two weeks, join the PLP and subsequently seek a nomination from the party.Since she has done this, I intend to tell the entire story of her wanting to join the PLP and her meeting with me and coming to the GB airport to see the leader and myself to request we give her two weeks, and then she would join the PLP and subsequently seek our nomination.”
EYEWITNESS News noted that Mitchell “was referring to a comment Parker-Edgecombe made on social media,” then added: “Speaking to Eyewitness News today, Mitchell claimed the FNM MP met with the PLP on three separate occasions through an intermediary.”
EYEWITNESS News said Parker-Edgecombe’s “social media comment was made in response to a Facebook user who suggested the MP has failed to perform in her constituency and questioned what she has done to justify a renomination.” See full story in EYEWITNESS News online edition at https://ewnews.com/jumping-ship-fnm-mp-denies-claims-she-sought-plp-nomination
