Former finance Minister and current executive member of the PNC Carl Greenidge has bluntly stated that in order for APNU to defeat the PPP in the next election the party needs to make significant inroads in PPP dominated areas like regions 2, 3, and 6.
Greenidge stated that while recent defectors from the AFC were welcomed into the APNU fold, the coalition party needed more bonafide vote getters not just academics and article writers, although he claimed everyone was welcome.
"We need to be bluntly honest with ourselves. Despite our efforts in 2011, APNU managed to get only 40.83% of the votes and if we are to surpass the PPP we need to attract leaders who will bring along the votes."
When asked if former PPP executives like Moses Nagamootoo and Raplh Ramkarran would be an asset to APNU, Greenidge replied, "those 2 would be game changers. Moses was a huge asset to the AFC in 2011, particularly in Region 6. We definitely have a good chance of defeating the PPP if those 2 decide to come on board. We would love to have them"
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There you have it folks---the PNC are not really excited about the academics and newspaper writers who came over from the AFC, but they would be thrilled to have former PPP executives like Moses Nagamootoo and Raplh Ramkarran.
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