Brother Brave vs. Mother Pratt—The Deputy Leadership of the PLP
by Simon
•Simon is a young Bahamian with things on his mind
who wishes to remain anonymous. His column 'Front Porch' is published
every Tuesday in the Nassau Guardian. He can be reached at
frontporchguardian@gmail.com.
Though Philip “Brave” Davis is demonstrating the ruthlessness and laser-like ambition needed to become Leader of the PLP and Prime Minister, this is no guarantee of success or of his ability and readiness to lead.
While he possesses the intellectual and financial resources needed to pursue these dual prizes, he must surmount significant obstacles, testing his ruthlessness and ambition as well as his financial prowess and brainpower – and his savvy.
Asking parliamentarians to take a 20 percent pay cut, a cut which a man with his earning capacity would barely feel, he may have won public praise while provoking ill-will among his party’s parliamentary caucus. Has he forgotten that his main audience now is convention delegates, not the general public?
Though dutifully respecting his Leader, calculatingly defending him on occasion to boost his standing among his former law partner’s supporters, Mr. Davis wants Perry Christie to step aside, post-haste, making room for his vision of a new PLP.
If Mr. Christie is pushed out, which is highly unlikely, or jumps, which is likelier than many imagine, Brave Davis will be waiting – not in the wings like some, but on centre stage.
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