The PNCR congress has come and gone, but the major issues that faced the party, some of which arose at the congress itself, will have repercussions for years to come. Going into the congress, the major problem for the PNCR was the disconnect that has developed between the expectations of those who brought Mr. Granger to its leadership and the actual reality of his leadership.
APNU has not been able to transmit a liberating vision to its supporters or manage its relationships with them in an appropriate fashion. As this article was being completed last Sunday, failure in the second area broke into open revolt at the congress itself.
Many of those who supported Mr. Granger’s 2010 leadership bid did so because they believed that, being a military man, he would have been able to provide the more militant leadership that they saw as necessary at that historical juncture. These expectations have been dashed as Mr. Granger has instead opted for an essential parliamentary strategy.
This approach rests on the belief that if APNU is to receive political or even financial support
