Georgetown: The PNCR’s congress this weekend is coming at a particularly difficult time for its leader David Granger as he faces a challenge for leadership of the party, mounting questions over his effectiveness as Opposition Leader and a bitter discipline row involving MP Vanessa Kissoon and General Secretary Oscar Clarke.
Granger wears three hats having been elected PNCR leader two years ago and he is also the leader of the opposition coalition APNU as well as Leader of the Opposition but almost three years after the combined opposition won a one-seat majority in the National Assembly, Granger’s leadership remains under scrutiny with political analysts and commentators largely saying that he has not accomplished much.
Former Parliamentarian and member of the Peoples’ National Congress Reform (PNC/R), Aubrey Norton, will be challenging the leadership of the party.
According to Norton, he will definitely be challenging the current party leader Brigadier (rtd) David Granger.
According to Norton, it is not that he is against Granger’s leadership, but that Granger has his hands full with the leadership of the coalition, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and that there needs to be a leader of the PNC/R who is more focused on the party.
Norton said that he also believes too that there needs to be a leader of the party who is more focused on the grassroots level of the party which Granger has not been doing.
According to Norton, the PNC/R is in need of a leader who will better position the party to be able to successfully compete in the 2016 elections.
There are reports that several of the persons who had supported Carl Greenidge in his last challenge to Granger’s leadership have been sacked.
Senior party members have been recently raising concerns over the imminent election of a party leader and executive positions.
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