UNC loyalists are mistaken

THE EDITOR: I am moved to commend former Finance Minister of the UNC government, Mr Gerald Yetming, for having the testicular fortitude to publicly say that the party needs a new leader. Mr Yetming has no doubt made a comprehensive analysis of the last local government elections before arriving at his conclusion.

Mr Yetming is agreeing with Professor Selwyn Ryan that Mr Panday as Political Leader is now a spent force and must be confined to the political dustbin. Dr Meighoo and Dr La Guerre are of similar views. The only MPs who are of the view that Mr Panday could still lead are those with myopic vision. Those loyalists are making a mistake — the consequences of which will be a deeper entrenchment of the PNM. I can’t believe that loyalists of the party have become like blind sheep following a shepherd, who has lost the approbation of his supporters, into a bottomless pit. My political advice is if you are not prepared to be forthright and call a spade a spade, you are going to be “demised” politically. Let us face it, don’t bury your heads in the sand like an ostrich. Your once loyal and gullible supporters are now chagrined about their leader.

HARRY P T CHARLIE
Princes Town