The PNCR’s 21st Biennial Delegates Congress, convened on Saturday December 18, last. The Congress, which was for delegates only, was decentralised virtual and hybrid. It was conducted over one day at Congress Place and approved venues in the respective regions and the North American Region (NAR).
The first session consisted of the Opening Ceremony of the Congress.The second session dealt with the election of Leader, Chairman, two Vice Chairpersons, Treasurer and fifteen members of the Central Executive Committee.
The Chief Elections Officer was Mr. Vincent Alexander who declared the results.
Leader: Aubrey Norton – 967; Chairman: Shurwayne Holder – 407; Vice Chairpersons: Elizabeth Williams-Niles – 470; Christopher Jones – 381 and Vinceroy Jordan – 381 and Treasurer: Mohamed Faaiz Mursaline – 404.
Central Executive Committee: Gary Best – 618; Christopher Jones – 586; Jermaine Figuiera – 536; Edward Collins – 521; Dawn Hastings-Williams – 484; Geeta Chandan-Edmond – 445; Hazel Pyle-Lewis – 406; Kirk Fraser – 362; Samuel Sandy – 351; Amanza Walton-Desir – 350; Ganesh Mahipaul – 326; Coretta McDonald – 317; Troy Garraway – 301; Riaz Roopnaraine – 289; Annette Ferguson – 272
Ten more members of the Central Executive will be co-opted, five by the Party Leader and five by the Central Executive Committee respectively and this is likely to be done when the Executive holds its first formal meeting.
Further, each of the eleven Party Regions is entitled to elect one representative from their region to sit on the Central Executive Committee.
The Central Executive Committee will be complete with the appointment of the General Secretary, which will be done by the Party Leader, and the Principal Political Secretaries which will be by the Central Executive Committee.
