Latest update March 29th, 2025 5:38 AM

Guyana's largest selling daily and New York's most popular weekly

Latest News

The management of the PNC’s day to day affairs under Granger is chaotic

Jul 21, 2014 Letters

Dear Editor,
The PNCR Congress will be held in a matter of days (less than a week). Lots of members have not received their membership cards and don’t know why it is taking this long to be sent to us.  I saw in the newspapers, General Secretary, Mr. Oscar Clarke has said that these cards can be produced in a day. Weeks have gone by and many haven’t heard about their cards or received them.
The GS also said in the newspapers that people can use their National Identification card. Editor, this is wrong. The party has its own card for identifying its membership and party members prefer to have their cards. Some party members told me they do not have ID cards. Some told me they feel the GS and Leader, Mr. Granger are making it difficult for some to get their cards so they can be denied entry to Congress or the opportunity to vote.
Members think if the party had stuck to the old membership card instead of this new one where they want your picture on it, these cards could have been have been issued already. When people are making inquiries for their cards they are spoken to anyhow by Congress Place staff and the lady who is the Chief Whip doesn’t know how to speak to people. The GS is barking at you, the Chief Whip is barking at you, the Staff is barking at you, it is difficult to get anybody to talk to you. They are behaving as though they are doing us a favour and not as though we all belong to the party and have to work together to make things happen.
The GS and Mr. Granger’s inner circle are appointing the delegates for groups and not allowing the groups to decide who will be their delegates. When you hear the names of these delegates, you know they are d-sure Mr. Granger’s fans. Some of us who support Mr. Granger but would openly speak of our disagreement with some decisions he makes, have been disqualified as delegates by Congress Place. I don’t know what will happen to those who support other contenders.
Then the party has this Vanessa Kissoon and Oscar Clarke story and members don’t know if it will be settled before Congress. Members are unhappy with the way the leadership has treated Ms. Kissoon but some are afraid to publicly say this because they don’t want to offend the party leaders.
The management of the PNC’s day to day affairs under Mr. Granger is chaotic. Most party members have been civilians all their lives and are not accustomed to this treatment. This doesn’t mean party members and leaders never had arguments. All parties would have arguments among its members but the zero tolerance to ask questions of the leaders and staff at Congress Place is new. Every family will have quarrels.
Everybody knows the GS has his moods and the Chief Whip has her moods. But now everybody has this mood and members want to know if this mood is the fashion now. It is a serious face Leader who will pass you straight and don’t say hello, staff members who are always in a sour mood and want you to do as they say without questioning.
It is difficult to make head or tail what is happening at Congress Place. Some members have even decided they prefer to stay away because if they are treated with disrespect they will answer from the Leader right down to Office Assistant and security guard who want to treat them like children.
Bert Thompson

Similar Articles

The Glenn Lall Show|| March, 28th, 2025

Follow on Tik Tok @Glennlall

THE BLUNT OF THE DAY

Sports

Milo/Massy U18 Football heats up with Round III action

Milo/Massy U18 Football heats up with Round III action

Mar 29, 2025

…Two days, eleven matches Kaieteur Sports- After two rounds of scintillating action in the 11th edition of the Milo/Massy Boys’ Under-18 Football Championship, eight teams have managed to...
Read More
BCB bowls off U19 Inter-club Competition today

BCB bowls off U19 Inter-club Competition today

Mar 29, 2025

Nedd, Thorne recalled ahead of final rounds

Nedd, Thorne recalled ahead of final rounds

Mar 29, 2025

Mice and Jermaine $1.7M Linden Futsal tournament starts tonight with three matches at Retrieve Hard Court

Mice and Jermaine $1.7M Linden Futsal tournament...

Mar 28, 2025

Slingerz FC hunt second win tonight

Slingerz FC hunt second win tonight

Mar 28, 2025

More sponsors on board ahead of Second Annual GGA/NSC National Long Drive Championship set for Saturday

More sponsors on board ahead of Second Annual...

Mar 28, 2025

Features/Columnists

Publisher’s Note

Freedom of speech is our core value at Kaieteur News. If the letter/e-mail you sent was not published, and you believe that its contents were not libellous, let us know, please contact us by phone or email.

Feel free to send us your comments and/or criticisms.
Contact: 624-6456; 225-8452; 225-8458; 225-8463; 225-8465; 225-8473 or 225-8491.
Or by Email: [email protected] / [email protected]

Weekend Cartoon

Bridge Watch

Demerara Harbour Bridge

> Berbice Bridge […]