urging voters to "stand up and be counted'' on Election Day.

She used her platform before at least 500 people at last night's PLP rally to insist th e sun was setting on the United Bermuda Party Government.

The Opposition Leader gave a ten-minute speech to wild cheers at Bernard Park, insisting November 9 would see "the sun rise on a new Bermuda''.

She said crowds would be singing "hallelujah'' around Court Street come the victory on Monday night.

And she promised Bermuda would become: "A place of love...a place of peace.'' "It is your date of destiny,'' she said. "Listen to your hearts. Listen to your dreams.

"Vote for the Bermuda you want for yourselves, for your children and for your grandchildren.

"On November 9, you will be the masters of your own fates. That's all I ask of each and every one of you. I want you to stand up and be counted.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now is the time. Your hearts and your prayers have lifted our team. And your support will see us through to a new Bermuda.'' The 51-year-old leader was speaking at the end of a five-hour rally.

Hundreds of supporters waved fluorescent green lights, hooted car horns in nearby car parks and let out wild cheers and chants almost every time she finished a sentence.

Ms Smith spoke after a 20-minute build-up including music, videos flashed onto giant screens and a laser light show in the night sky.

She said: "The United Bermuda Party know not what they do. There is a Minister who is known as Sunset because he has a proclivity for saying: `At the end of the day'.

"It's true that the sun is about to set on the rule of the UBP. The sun is about to rise on a new Bermuda.'' The Leader said the Progressive Labour Party was ready for any uncertain voters to swing to their cause.

"You can change your mind right up until 10 a.m. on Monday,'' she added. "We are not looking to the past.'' And Ms Smith said Bermuda's "ordinary people'' had struggled for 35 years.

"We have endured, we have sacrificed,'' she said. "We have won the respect and the trust of the Bermudian people.'' `Stand up and be counted'