We also asked Deputy Leader Espat about Cordel Hyde – whose return in the Lake Independence division has been long rumoured. Reports say it would have been made more or less official at a meeting this afternoon at PUP Headquarters where Hyde would have met with senior members of the party to discuss the way forward. The meeting never happened because past leader John Briceno and Deputy Florencio Marin Juniour were at a funeral in Corozal, but it will happen soon. Espat told us that the way ahead is about confidence building:…
Julius Espat -Deputy Leader, PUP
"If there is any way of us sitting down and having a discussion - we have to have a certain level of trust and I think that that has been lacking in the PUP for some time now and I think we need to establish trust within ourselves. I presonally am open to sit with any persons especially Cordel Hyde because I know he has a certain level of popularity in his division and you cannot take that away from him and we need to have an open discussion. What are you offering to the party? Are you a part of this reform and change that this leader has put in place for us to do? And how can you be a part of it and help the People's United Party form government."
Jules Vasquez
"So then, is it your feeling that he would have to make some public acts of contrition to show his emphatic unambiguous support for the current leadership of the PUP?"
Julius Espat
"But I don't see it any other way - you're either with the party leader and the People's United Party or you're not, if you want to run on our ticket - so that should be basic. If you decide to run for the PUP you have to believe in Francis Fonseca and the People's United Party, if not then you can't run for the PUP."
As we understand it, there is no date currently set for that meeting, but it is expected shortly.
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