AMID the fanfare following the results of the PNC/R’s special congress at which 65-yr-old David Granger was declared the presidential candidate, there seems to be much more going on than meets the eye. A close examination of the results and the voting procedure shows that the process was not as free and fair as is being purported.

There were several claims of delegates being locked out, and one candidate – Basil Williams, claimed that there seemed to have been a concerted effort by Corbin and his cohorts to embarrass him by using the voting results.

The fact that it was demanded that the votes be recounted at least three times speaks volumes about the level of confidence the nominees and party members had in the process. The media seemed to have missed the fact that Greenidge, following the second recount, emerged as the winner, which prompted recount number three. This final recount placed Granger as the winner with 279 votes.             

The fact that the PNC/R cannot conduct a free-and-fair election, consisting of a few hundred party voters, is a clear indication what national elections would be like under their watch.

Most glaring of all is the fact that Dr. Faith Harding, a long-standing and highly reputable member of the PNC received a mere 20 votes. Based on the support Dr. Harding has been receiving since her nomination was announced, and her wide popularity among the PNC’s women’s arm, those figures seem far-fetched and far from the reality. This view of a new ‘democratic’ PNC is nothing but an illusion that would never be attained.