Following Nomination Day on Friday, the PNCR’s five-member Elections Accreditation Committee will today meet to finalize the process for submission of the list of nominees for the posts of Leader of the Party and executives to serve for the next two years.
Sources yesterday told Stabroek News that counting of the nominations received had been completed but there is a process of verification to determine if the persons submitting or nominated are active members.
The party is expected to issue a statement later today after the meeting.
One source close to the process said that preliminary results show that for position of Leader of the party, Aubrey Norton has received the most nominations, but the source was tightlipped about candidates for other positions.
Friday’s Nomination Day proceedings confirmed that incumbent leader and former President David Granger will not be running for another term. Granger is also on leave from the party.
Norton and the other main contenders, Opposition Leader, Joseph Harmon and former PNC Health Minister Dr Richard Van West-Charles declared that win or lose, they will unite in the opposition’s fight against the PPP/C government. They, however, differed on if that person should also be Opposition Leader. Analysts say that were Norton to win the leadership that would spell the end of Harmon’s tenure as Opposition Leader.
The PNCR Congress is on December 11th.
