Conservative Barbados Leadership Party Introduces Core Leadership Team with Forward Vision

The country’s newest political party, Conservative Barbados Leadership Party (CBL), officially introduced the core members of its leadership team on Saturday.

President Corey Beckles revealed the team during a press conference at their Strathclyde Drive headquarters in St Michael. The team includes Vice President Anthony Hinds, Assistant Vice-President Alan Springer, General Secretary Shannon Springer, and Assistant General Secretary Elvis Corbin.

Beckles emphasised the party’s proactive stance, noting, “This group of people with me today are not here as an opposition group or an opposition party. We are here as a proposition party.”

He noted, “Therefore, we will continue to propose the way forward for all Barbadians, both at home and abroad, and to the government of Barbados. We will propose the way forward for the health and wealth of this country to be improved. We will propose the way forward for the improvement of our education system. We will propose the way forward for the improvement of our land, housing, and road system. We will propose the way forward for the development of a strong foreign policy. We will also propose the way forward for the prosperity of all Barbadians, both at home and abroad.”

Assistant Vice-President Alan Springer clarified the party’s position, stating, “We are not offering Barbados a third party; we are offering Barbados alternative leadership.” He elaborated, “We do not define ourselves, or present ourselves, as a third party. We present ourselves as an alternative leadership proposition for our beautiful country, and that is where we are going. That is what Barbados needs, and I believe that is what Barbados wants — alternative leadership.”

Beckles expressed concern about the island’s current trajectory stating, “Barbadians, there is something fundamentally wrong with the direction this country is going in, and in all honesty, has been going on during the leadership of many successive governments who have run this country since independence.” He said, “The Conservative Barbados Leadership Party is here to serve. I know you have heard these words already, but we will show that there is a difference between us and those who are here and those who have gone before us.”

Beckles assured, “We listen. We do a lot of listening to persons who are on the ground, and we know persons are disillusioned.” He maintained, “As it relates to leadership and the vision for a changing Barbados, this country is well-positioned to have another major political party.”