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Will Cordel Return As a PUP Candidate?
posted (January 3, 2013)
It's been months since we've heard from Cordel Hyde, the politician. In February, the three-term incumbent stepped down as PUP Lake - Independence Standard Bearer citing the illness of his son Cory, who passed away in September.

But a "From the Publisher" article in the Amandala last week penned by Cordel's father Evan X Hyde says quote "Cordel has never announced publicly that he is seeking to become the PUP Lake Independence candidate in the next general elections but this is the sense I got from him about three months ago."

So will he run? Well, according to reports Hyde has held preliminary meetings with former Leader Said Musa to discuss the possibility of a return. Musa has been quoted as telling a journalist that it is a matter that the party will have to decide on. But it is complicated because the PUP now has a hard right wing comprising the Western and Southern Caucuses who - we are reliably informed - would be staunchly opposed to such a reconciliation. And then there's the fact that on March 13th , still brooding over the General Election loss, the party did issue a statement saying that Mark Espat and Cordel Hyde had "effectively resigned" from the party and quote, "by their actions, Mark Espat and Cordel Hyde can no longer hold any position in the Party nor run for any seat on a PUP ticket."

Strong words - but after all only the words of a political party, which , as we often know are written on the wind - especially when the Candidate in question would be seen a prohibitive favorite to reclaim the seat he formerly held.

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