CALLS are mounting for Oscar Clarke to resign as General Secretary of the People’s National Congress Reform, following allegations of a rigged Congress and disenfranchisement of voters. This is not the first time such allegations are being made against the General Secretary who has overseen several controversial congresses of the PNCR since its former leader Desmond Hoyte passed away back in 2001.
Sources close to Congress Place have confirmed that Clarke made little or no attempt in the lead-up to the official 18th Biennial Congress to resolve the concerns raised by the Linden constituents, along with other party comrades.
It is alleged that he was forced to call an urgent meeting of the accreditation committee to address these concerns at the last minute, as tempers flared and emotions boiled over at Congress Place.
The sources also confirmed that Clarke was perturbed by a decision to allow Vanessa Kissoon to participate at the Congress and therefore sidelined the processing of several delegate badges for legitimate party members.
Returned leader David Granger has promised to launch a probe into the fiasco, but no effort in this respect had commenced up to news time yesterday.
This newspaper understands that concerns have been raised time and time again about Clarke’s management of Congress Place’s affairs, and his inability, due to age and other factors, to deal condignly with the concerns of party members.
Several complaints have already being levelled against Clarke by party members who found his involvement in proliferation of the conflict to be more than passing strange.

(By Staff Reporter)