But, yesterday Musa told us those endorsements are the product of not so subtle coercion:...

Hon. Kareem Musa, PUP Deputy Leader (East)
"And, so, I'm not saying it's going to be me, I'm not going to say any names who have been contacting me in terms of they want to be leaders, but I can tell you it's a high possibility we might get a challenge on October 26th or whenever that deadline is set."

"And more important than any and all of this, Jules, is the fact that I am the one getting the concerns, I am the one hearing the calls and saying this is wrong we need to fix this we don't like this steering committee, we don't like the fact that there no standard bearers in place, there a lot of issues. So even if I don't challenge or no one else challenge, challenges the party leader we need to sort all these issues we need to come together as a party and address these issues, and that is a huge thing that I think the leader ought to be listening to, to these cries and to these calls, because there needs to be more inclusivity in the party, this George Price big tent approach, we have to go back there. You know this party has been in a battle since 2004 I'm sure you're aware of that, you have young bloods like myself even though I am not in any particular faction, I am branded in a faction, but we have to get out of that mindset man."

"We cannot just say ok we won the leadership and so we're going to oust the entire next half of this party and not include them, that is not the way that were supposed to be working we're about to form government, I am confident of that, but we need to be more inclusive and that again is another one of the cries from the people."