Bahamians mark Majority Rule Day

By Kendol Morgan On Jan 11, 2016

Bahamas_Sir_lynden_wreath — Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Perry Christie (front) leads other officials at the Majority Rule Day wreath-laying ceremony. (BGIS photo)

The Bahamas marked the 49^th anniversary of Majority Rule Day with the laying of a wreath at the Mausoleum of the first Prime Minister in a Majority Rule Government – the Rt. Hon. Sir Lynden Pindling, on Sunday.

Sir Lynden’s widow, Her Excellency Dame Marguerite Pindling, Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Perry G. Christie, former Governor General Arthur D. Hanna, and several ministers of government attended the ceremony.

Majority Rule Day marks the anniversary of the first government which the majority of the country elected on a one man one vote basis.

Each month over the next year there will be a special event dedicated to the commemoration of Majority Rule Day leading up to a grand event to mark the 50^th year of this occasion in January 2017.

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