PNCR Leader David Granger yesterday defended the locking out of protesters at a Linden meeting last week Friday, while rejecting renewed criticisms that he was aloof.
“I am a people’s person. I may have a few critics… I’m not remote, I’m not stuck up… but don’t shout or wave placards when you come to meet me,” Granger said at a press conference.
There has been a simmering row between APNU/PNCR and a key section of the PNCR in Linden since 2012. The showdown between the two sides was evident at the Mackenzie High School last week Friday when the main gate to the school compound was ordered locked by PNCR regional coordinator Sandra Adams.
Most of those supporters, who were locked out carried placards that criticised the disrespectful manner in which some members of the PNCR in Linden feel that they are being treated by their party leader and its Central Executive. The protest has raised more questions about the party’s standing in one of its traditional main strongholds.
However, Granger said that the protestors were just a small faction who wanted to create unrest and deviate from standard operational procedures
