NASSAU, Bahamas — Free National Movement leader Michael Pintard said his party will not tolerate “blatant disrespect” or any other form of aggression after a Free National Movement Meritorious Council Member was assaeeulted by another party member at a meeting earlier this week, The Tribune reported on Friday, August 26, in an article written by Earyel Bowleg.
The attacker is said to be a supporter of former Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis.
Discussions on whether to ban the member from future meetings were expected to be raised at the FNM’s executive committee and the central council’s end of month meeting yesterday.
The incident occurred at the FNM’s Golden Isles Constituency Association meeting at Gerald Cash Primary School on Tuesday.
FNM chairman Dr Duane Sands said the man who was assaulted required medical attention due to “significant” injuries that included a fractured jaw. He added the matter is under investigation by the police. He said an internal party review is being conducted to ensure they do not come to any “premature conclusions.”
For his part, Mr Pintard said the Free National Movement is a “microcosm of society”, so it faces many of the same challenges.
“And so we have been sharing consistently the message we have to build relationships that are healthy and wholesome and we ought to communicate with each other in a way that we are able to resolve any differences we may have in a peaceful and amicable way,” he told The Tribune.
“So wherever there is aggression whether in speech or otherwise we condemn it. We want all of our people broadly in this society, in our organisation to lower the temperature. To manage responsibly any anger they may be experiencing and to deal with each other with respect. Again, this recent event is no different. We want persons to know that we will not tolerate blatant disrespect – or any other aggression towards each other,” Mr Pintard said. See complete article in The Tribune at http://www.tribune242.com/news/2022/aug/26/pintard-fnm-will-not-tolerate-aggression/
