Dear Editor,
The announcement that an APNU meeting was held and at that meeting, Vincent Henry of GAP was ‘elected’ as the new chairman of APNU must be seen for what it is; a coup being mounted against the democratically elected PNC leader, Aubrey Norton, by the Granger/Harmon faction and its surrogate candidate Roysdale Forde.
As we get closer to the holding of our party congress, I and many others believe that the Granger/Harmon faction has recognized the writing on the wall – Norton will obtain a landslide victory. We believe that it is this recognition that has resulted in the re-emergence of that corrupt and compromised cabal which caused the APNU+AFC to fall out of favour not only with some of our supporters, but also with the ABCE powers.
The corrupt cabal in a desperate and last-ditch attempt to hold onto some sort of bargaining power orchestrated the sham APNU elections. But the reality is that those figures and the parties they claim to represent exist in name only and have no real support. The APNU+AFC coalition is the PNC and the PNC is the APNU+AFC coalition, so this desperate attempt at backdoor power-grabbing will fail.
The re-emergence of this corrupt and compromised cabal with its backroom machinations is also a stark reminder of what is at stake and an important reason why we the grassroots supporters of the PNC and Norton have to vote to keep them out. None of us would like a return of the corruption and incompetence that characterized their leadership. None of us would like a return to the period when they catered to their wealthy, elite businessmen cronies who facilitated their enrichment through corrupt means whilst they neglected and paid scant regard to us. We have to remain vigilant and fight to preserve the gains made over the past few years under the stewardship of Aubrey Norton.
Sincerely,
Rebeca Constance
