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PNM members tell Rowley, Stuart: Pack your bags and go!
Party to choose Opposition Leader today
The People’s National Movement (PNM) will choose a new Opposition Leader today.Unlike what took place in January, its political leader will not have the final say on who will lead the party going forward.
Instead, the General Council— made up of well over 100 members —will have a one-man-one-vote process to decide on the Opposition Leader.However, some members of PNM’s General Council believe before an Opposition Leader is chosen, Dr Keith Rowley must go as political leader.Speaking to Guardian Media via telephone, former government minister Jennifer Baptiste-Primus said, “There is a General Council meeting tomorrow (today) and therefore the General Council would take the necessary decisions, not no political leader, especially the current political leader. He needs to resign and go. He has to resign and go and play golf, spend time with his family as he said and allow the general council, allow the party to engage in a discussion, in a discourse to determine who will be our Opposition Leader in Parliament. That is the first thing.”
But when asked how he feels about the backlash and calls for his resignation, an unfazed Rowley said, “It comes with the territory.”With Rowley out and Stuart Young’s chances looking grim based on feedback from some PNM stalwarts, it’s down to the Members of Parliament-elect.Meanwhile, the PNM’s former vice chairman, Robert Le Hunte, called for both Young and Rowley to go.“Let the party breathe, Rowley and Stuart. Pack your bags and go!” Le Hunte said yesterday.
Lee Sing, who has been a member of the PNM since the age of 14, said what played out on Monday was identical to the 2010 general election, where the PNM was beaten by the People’s Partnership.He called for good sense to prevail in selecting the Opposition Leader.“On the evidence, that person cannot and must not be Stuart Young.”He also hoped the membership could tell Rowley that he had brought enough darkness to their lives and chase him out. “I think the PNM is going to run Dr Rowley out of Balisier House, whether we want to accept it or not.”
Party to choose Opposition Leader today
The People’s National Movement (PNM) will choose a new Opposition Leader today.Unlike what took place in January, its political leader will not have the final say on who will lead the party going forward.
Instead, the General Council— made up of well over 100 members —will have a one-man-one-vote process to decide on the Opposition Leader.However, some members of PNM’s General Council believe before an Opposition Leader is chosen, Dr Keith Rowley must go as political leader.Speaking to Guardian Media via telephone, former government minister Jennifer Baptiste-Primus said, “There is a General Council meeting tomorrow (today) and therefore the General Council would take the necessary decisions, not no political leader, especially the current political leader. He needs to resign and go. He has to resign and go and play golf, spend time with his family as he said and allow the general council, allow the party to engage in a discussion, in a discourse to determine who will be our Opposition Leader in Parliament. That is the first thing.”
But when asked how he feels about the backlash and calls for his resignation, an unfazed Rowley said, “It comes with the territory.”With Rowley out and Stuart Young’s chances looking grim based on feedback from some PNM stalwarts, it’s down to the Members of Parliament-elect.Meanwhile, the PNM’s former vice chairman, Robert Le Hunte, called for both Young and Rowley to go.“Let the party breathe, Rowley and Stuart. Pack your bags and go!” Le Hunte said yesterday.
Lee Sing, who has been a member of the PNM since the age of 14, said what played out on Monday was identical to the 2010 general election, where the PNM was beaten by the People’s Partnership.He called for good sense to prevail in selecting the Opposition Leader.“On the evidence, that person cannot and must not be Stuart Young.”He also hoped the membership could tell Rowley that he had brought enough darkness to their lives and chase him out. “I think the PNM is going to run Dr Rowley out of Balisier House, whether we want to accept it or not.”
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