As the battle for the PNM internal elections continues to produce more heat, the latest squabble between Franklin Khan and Danny Montano provides the evidence of it also breaking new PNM ground.Though the party has been steeped in the tradition of not washing its dirty linen in public, what has emerged now is an all-out brawl. The two contestants for the office of chairman of the party have gone into a bitter verbal battle, with questions being raised about party loyalty and committing party treason.
The fact that the incumbent chairman, Mr Khan, has said he is seriously considering writing to the new general secretary after the election to bring Mr Montano before a disciplinary committee for statements he made about Dr Keith Rowley on the campaign trail is proof that the culture of the PNM has changed.
As a party that has been accustomed to anointing its leaders over the years, the method of holding public meetings that are televised and recorded by the media is a new process. It is inevitable that criticisms will fly left, right and centre in the heat of electoral battle.
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