Just hours after nominations for the 2021 general election closed, three of the West Bay candidates were on a stage outlining their plans and manifestos.
The trio – McKeeva Bush, Captain Eugene Ebanks and Rolston Anglin – took to the stage amid bright lights, pumping music and the loud cheers of the crowd that had gathered at the West Bay Dock.
Each detailed the various issues they intended to cover if elected, or re-elected, and took jabs at their respective opponents – Mario Ebanks, Katherine Ebanks-Wilks and Bernie Bush.
Introduced individually by Richard Parchment, with the mantra ‘People First’, the three politicians, all formerly members of the Cayman Democratic Party, outlined their past achievements as members of government and district representatives, before making their election pledges.
These covered a diverse number of issues, including housing, protecting Barkers, upskilling tourism workers, vocational and technical training, rehabilitating prisoners, boating safety, as well as a vow by Bush to keep Cayman free of income tax.
Bush’s only reference at the meeting to his conviction and suspended sentence last year for assaulting a woman, was the former Speaker of the House stating that people in glass houses should not throw stones, in response to comments made earlier by Mario Ebanks about Bush’s behaviour. Bush has made similar comments about Opposition MPs who had been trying to oust him as Speaker before Parliament was dissolved.
The meeting ended quieter than it started, when the generator powering the microphones and stage lights failed, leaving the stage in darkness and Bush without a working microphone. He ended his speech shouting from the stage, so those gathered by the roadside could hear him, before stating that other meetings would be held in the run-up to the election.
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