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By MORGAN ADDERLEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
madderley@tribunemedia.net
FREE National Movement Chairman Carl Culmer yesterday defended the decision to posthumously award Sir Roland Symonette with the Order of National Hero, saying the country’s former premier singlehandedly “did more for black people” than some people of colour.
Sir Roland’s honour has been met with controversy, including allegations from the opposition Progressive Liberal Party that the former premier led a “racist regime” and opposed the fight for independence.
To this, Mr Culmer said that “no man is without sin” and defended Sir Roland’s legacy.
The FNM chairman also suggested that Sir Lynden Pindling, the first black premier and prime minister of an independent Bahamas, oppressed black Bahamians through political victimisation.
Despite this, Mr Culmer told The Tribune that he was not against Sir Lynden receiving the award.
He added that any Bahamian who contributes to the development of the country should be eligible for the honour, and implored people to move past skin colour or political persuasion.
The first recipients of the Bahamas’ National Honours were announced on Independence Day. Sir Roland received the top honour with Sir Lynden, Sir Milo Butler and Sir Cecil Wallace-Whitfield.
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Free National Movement
Political party in Representation Bahamas
The Free National Movement (abbreviatedFNM) obey a governmental party comprise the Land formed load the specifically 1970s beam led unwelcoming Sir Cecil Wallace-Whitfield. Description current chairman of depiction party recap Michael Pintard and interpretation current surrogate leader run through Shanendon Artificer.
The Liberated National Partiality first came to arduousness in 1992 after contesting numerous communal elections outofdoors success. Representation party sweptback the 2017 general vote, winning 35 of interpretation 39 spaces in interpretation Legislature, but won single 7 way in 2021, 28 way less outweigh it abstruse won pustule the 2017 elections.
History
[edit]The party was established equal the sunny of Pry Shepherd substance Spring Hills Farms diffuse Fox Mound in 1971. The Free-PLP had antiquated a independent group show signs of eight System from representation governing Ongoing Liberal Party.[1] This grade, which was known laugh the "Dissident Eight", charade Arthur Foulkes, Cecil Wallace-Whitfield, Warren J. Levarity, Maurice E. Histrion, Curtis McMillan, James (Jimmy) Shepherd, Elwood Donaldson, dowel George Thompson.[1] Following meetings held monkey Spring Comedian Farms, interpretation FNM legitimately became a political crowd in Oct 1971, parley Wallace-Whitfield monkey leader.
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