The People’s National Party (PNP) said it is unfortunate that a candidate who was unsuccessful in his bid to win a position as one of the Region 6 National Executive Council (NEC) representatives would appear in the media to despise the process.
Pandemonium erupted at the conclusion of the Region 6 Conference, held in part to elect leaders as well as representatives for the party’s second-highest decision-making body, the National Executive Council. Some party supporters expressed their concerns to media representatives at the conference, claiming that the vote count was not transparent.
However, the PNP in a statement said the party successfully hosted annual regional conferences in all six regions on Sunday, August 28, 2022. All six conferences were incident-free, the party said, and all six regional chairmen were returned unopposed.
The statement said that at the end of the Region 6 conference, an unsuccessful aspirant in the regional elections for National Executive Council (NEC) posts and another individual, who is not a member of the party, then went to the media to express their displeasure. with the process and result of the regional elections for membership in the CEC.
The statements said: “The Secretariat, represented by Deputy Secretary General (DGS) Wensworth Skeffery, presided over the elections at the Region 6 conference.
“As usual, the DGS enlisted the help of other staff of the Secretariat, together with senior members of the Patriots, to count the ballots, out in the open and in full view, as the venue had no closed rooms. available for this purpose.”
There was no election for Regional Chairman as Colin Hitchman was returned unopposed for the post.
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In describing the situation, the PNP said 14 nominations for NEC membership were submitted by the conference, from which the 10 comrades who received the highest votes were elected as required by the party’s constitution.
“It is truly unfortunate that the personal grudges of an unsuccessful NEC candidate and another individual who is not even a member of the PNP, through their false and inflammatory statements in a media house, have marred an otherwise successful conference and without incident.
“The secretariat will take steps to remind our members of the forums available within the party to raise concerns or express disapproval of internal matters,” the party said.
