LEADER of the A Partnership For Unity (APNU), Mr David Granger, is certainly pulling out the stops in furthering his claim of the 18th Biennial Congress of his party, the People’s National Congress, being a success. This time, he has boldly challenged that he will be prepared to investigate any reports of illegalities, once supported by evidence.Again this is plain, simple denial and unbelievable and disappointing for one of Granger’s stature. What this in essence means is that he is dismissing both Aubrey Norton and Sharma Solomon’s claims of irregularities that caused  both  of them to quit the congress; as well as being  equally dismissive of his shadow Finance spokesperson’s concerns, that  had questioned the transparency of  the inter-party electoral process.
Call this bluff, the kind that will call into question his understanding of the party he leads, particularly its known, murky history of electoral fraud. Opting for a platform of denial, he has indeed denuded himself of eradicating such a dark past from the party’s corridors, thereby changing the party’s course, with the effect of maybe convincing the nation that his leadership can be trusted.
By burying his head in the sand like the proverbial ostrich, he has not done the party‘s image any good, even himself; and, has continued a party tradition that has finally served to open very wide fissures. In fact, OBSERVER is sure the statements echoed by the party seniors, do accurately represent the views of the general membership.
What Granger and some of his aged executives should understand is the futility of trying to thwart change when that process begins, especially as it relates to the internal process of a political party’s organisation and  the way its functions. Members of the party are definitely disappointed and embarrassed, and are vocal in calling for a overhaul of the leadership. In this mode, they are challenging Granger’s concept of democracy.
OBSERVER hopes that he heeds such a challenge as a catalyst for effecting internal party’s changes.