Cordel reminds PUP, a win isn’t guaranteed; urges accountability to people

By Zoila Palma:  Over the weekend, the PUP hosted its National Party council in Dangriga.

During his address, Deputy Prime Minister Cordel Hyde warned PUP Area representatives that a win is not guaranteed and that they must not get carried away.

“We can’t take things for granted because it’s easy to get carried away you know ? When PUP loses it’s nobody that beat us, we beat ourselves. We got carried away. We started “kicksi” ourselves. It’s us that started to make mistakes. It’s us that started to get carried away and stared to quarrel with one another and want to fight with one another and want to tear each other apart. We get caught up. We get carried away. And I understand you will get carried away because I used to be a young man too. I used to be a young man. But we are not a young party. We are the grandest, greatest, oldest party. We shouldn’t be making youthful mistakes. We have to stay focused. They say keep the main thing them main thing and the main thing is the people. The main thing is the work. Vast majority of our candidates need the party to be strong for us. So, we that are sure we will win can’t carry that way and “kicksi” ourselves. We have to help one another. We have to take care of one another. We have to make sure that the party is strong because you know what will happen right? Eight, nine, ten of us will win and then on the other side you have everybody else. That is not a good feeling,” Hyde said.

Hyde reminded the PUP that in 2008, only 6 PUP Area Representatives won and the people lost everything.

“Six of us won and all of our people lost everything. All of our people lost their jobs. They took away the land that we gave them. They can’t get their house. They can’t send their children to school. They can’t get healthcare because they are PUP. So, we have a responsibility to make sure that we win so that PUPs can be alright. But this is the point, let us not do anything to make our party weak. And let us do everything to make our party strong. Let us put ourselves last and put our country first,” Hyde added.

Hyde’s remarks comes as the PUP administration faces the controversy surrounding leaked smart stream screenshots reportedly linked to Mira-related businesses and issues surrounding procurement of goods for the Ministry of Defence.

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