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THE FUTURE OF THE PPP HANGS IN THE BALANCE

Aug 02, 2013 Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom

There is a powerful cabal that is external to the People’s Progressive Party. But inside of the party and inside of the government there is a political grouping, a clique, that does the bidding of this cabal.
If the delegates to this weekend’s Congress of the People’s Progressive Party wish to see their party returned to office the next time elections are called, they must dismantle that surrogate grouping within the party and within the government, for this is the link that is responsible for protecting the interests of the powerful economic oligarchy whose rapaciousness was responsible for the decline in voter-support of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) in the 2011 elections.
The delegates must therefore be prepared for a major rescue act, one that is naturally fraught with danger. They must undertake the heroic task of rescuing their party from the carpetbaggers that have begun to exercise control over key operatives within the PPP and within the government.
They must first identify the surrogates of the new oligarchic class and ensure that these persons are not elected to the Central Executive. That, of course, is easier said than done.
It has long been known that Congresses of the party are controlled by the political leadership of the party. It is known that delegates are often handed lists of names of persons whom they are expected to vote for and who they do vote for. This is a lawful practice and is called canvassing. It is a natural part of any election process, including elections within parties. There will always be persons lobbying delegates to vote for one candidate or another. This is all part of the hustings.
This weekend’s Congress is not expected to be any different. But it should be a Congress with a difference, because unless the surrogates are purged from within the party and ultimately from within the government, the cabal will continue to exploit this country and this will cause the PPP to lose power.
Make no mistake about it, the future of the PPP lies in the hands of the delegates at this weekend’s Congress. They can choose to be silent and not speak out against the excesses of a handful of their comrades or they can take the bold step of rescuing the party from the cabal that now controls it.
The cabal has its sights on taking over the position of General Secretary. If that position falls into the hands of a lackey of the cabal, then not only will the same unpopular policies be pursued, not only will it cost the party the next elections, but the very delegates who pride themselves as leaders of the party will eventually fall under the hammer. Make no mistake: the cabal is only concerned about itself. It is ungrateful.
The position of General Secretary of the party must not fall into the wrong hands. It needs to be held by someone who can be trusted to ensure that the party does not totally fall under the spell of the cabal. The responsibility of saving the party thus rests with the delegates.
They will be goaded into maintaining the status quo. They will be told that the party and government are under siege. They will be told all kinds of stories about how the opposition is out to destroy the progress that has been made by the party; they will be told about the enemies in the media who are within the opposition camp and want to destroy the party.
In short, the groundwork is being laid to ask the delegates to close ranks, because the closing of ranks means one thing and one thing only. It means that the status quo will remain. This is what the cabal wants. They want the delegates to close ranks and not disturb the cozy relationship that exists within the party and which allows for the cabal to run amok.
The future of the PPP is in the hands of the delegates. If they arrogate to themselves a perfunctory role at this Congress, then the PPP is finished.
If on the other hand, they undertake the heroic task of saving the party from the greedy monster whose appetite for wealth and power cannot be satiated, then they would have saved the PPP from the enemy outside and its puppets within.

 

 

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