Democracy in the Bahamas

The Bahamas' main form of government is

• Absolute Dictatorship

• Representative Republic

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Direct Democracy

The first 2 Major Political Parties in the Bahamas are...

• PLP

• FNM

• DNA

• UBP

In order to be a Candidate, you must be

• 18 yrs old

• 50 yrs old

• 21 yrs old

• 30 yrs old

The 2nd step in the Election Process is...

• Campaigning

• Nomination Day

• Dissolving the House of Assembly

• Voter Registration

In order to be a Prime Minister, you must be

• 18 yrs old

• 50 yrs old

• 21 yrs old

• 30 yrs old

What do you need to be a Prime Minister?

• Be a Member of Parliament

• Be a Party Leader

• Win the Majority of the Seats

• Be 18 years old

What are the Roles of the Prime Minister?

• Make Laws

• Appoint ministers to Cabinet

• Hire and Fire Civil Servants

• Directs and Influence policy

• Organizes the government into ministries and departments

What is NOT a role of the Cabinet?

• Approve Policy

• Resolve Debates about policy

• Disagree Publically with Policy

• Meet publically once a week

The Prime Minister makes a mandate that ALL students must be COVID vaccinated to go back to school campuses. The minister of education writes on the Facebook page that only HIGH SCHOOL students need to be vaccinated.

This is an example of going against...

• Primus inter pares

• Collective Possibility

• Collective Responsibility

• Primus Responsibility

True or False. The roads were just paved in Eleuthera. The people who fixed it work for Bahamas Hot Mix. The workers are Civil Servants.

• false

• true