A row within the PNCR burst into the open yesterday with several central executive members insisting that its long-awaited congress will be held before the end of year and accusing party leader David Granger of acting as a “one-man” show.
Political analysts say that masked within an unsigned statement from members of the Central Executive Committee (CEC) is a power struggle for control of the party which would pit Granger against current party Chair Volda Lawrence.
Granger and his supporters in the party who include current Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon have been accused of trying to interminably delay the congress to avoid a leadership showdown with Lawrence. While Granger was returned as leader at the last Congress, Lawrence handily defeated former Chairman Basil Williams SC and Harmon in a three-way race for the post of Chair.