Disunity, power struggle in PNCR have worsened under Granger – former party executive
Laurlene Nestor, a former Central Executive Committee (CEC) member of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), has written a stinging rebuke against party leader and former President David Granger, who she blamed for the current disunity and power struggle within the party.
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According to Nestor, under Granger’s leadership, the party has been beset with power struggles, an aloof leader who failed to reconnect with those who put him in power and an unwillingness to accommodate criticism from within the party. This has culminated in the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) losing power.
“I believe that self-interest and personal ambition is partly responsible for why we are at this present time. Truth be told, the party was disunited before Granger but it has become ten times more fractured since Granger. Having observed the maneuverings over the last five years, it is clear that the leader has decided that he will use these untenable realities to benefit himself.”
“I suggested numerous times that there should be a leadership retreat where people are allowed to really speak to the issues that are affecting them and that they confront the lingering issues surrounding the disunity in the party, but despite a commitment to do it, it never happened. So, the party continues to be stuck in a protracted internal power struggle,” she said in a letter.
The PNCR stalwart recalled that she, like many others, campaigned for Granger prior to the 2015 General and Regional Elections, believing that he was the right man for the job and would strengthen the PNCR while presenting a fresh face to the electorate.
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