WPA admits it is now without parliamentary representation

WPA admits
Meanwhile, WPA Secretary Tacuma Ogunseye, in a brief interview with this publication, admitted that former Chairperson Sarabo-Halley’s decision to leave the party, and the events thereafter, mean the party is now without parliamentary representation.
Sarabo-Halley’s selection for Parliament by APNU/AFC played a critical role in the WPA’s fallout with its coalition partner last month. In a letter announcing the party’s decision to leave the coalition, Ogunseye had criticised the lack of consultation. According to Ogunseye, Sarabo-Halley was selected without any consultation with the WPA.
“To our utter embarrassment, not for the first time, the WPA was informed by the media that APNU had decided on its representatives for the next National Assembly. It was only after we sent a letter to you enquiring about the state of affairs that we were informed by the General Secretary of the PNCR (Amna Ally), that the Chairperson of the WPA is one of the selected persons,” Ogunseye had written at the time.

“This, of course, was done without any engagement with WPA, thus denying the party an opportunity to determine who its representative should be. We view this as uncomradely, disrespectful, insulting, a gross disregard for principle, and therefore unacceptable,” he had also written.
In the letter, Ogunseye explained that the WPA requested that the names of its two nominees for Parliament and the Region Four Regional Democratic Council seats be removed from the APNU list.
It was later revealed that the WPA had expected to get two seats, with each seat being rotated between two persons. Sarabo-Halley was one of four persons shortlisted by the party.
Soon after the WPA broke away from APNU/AFC, it was revealed that Sarabo-Halley herself had resigned from the WPA.
In its letter, the WPA had also laid out the conditions for reconciliation with the APNU/AFC. These conditions had included the WPA being granted the right to choose who it will send to Parliament, and that the recommendations of the Corbin Report be implemented.
At the time, the WPA had stipulated that these conditions must be met within the next two months in order for it to reconsider its decision to leave. When asked by this publication whether the APNU/AFC had reached out to his party, however, Ogunseye said that it was “early days yet.” “This, of course, was done without any engagement with WPA, thus denying the party an opportunity to determine who its representative should be. We view this as uncomradely, disrespectful, insulting, a gross disregard for principle, and therefore unacceptable,” he had also written.
In the letter, Ogunseye explained that the WPA requested that the names of its two nominees for Parliament and the Region Four Regional Democratic Council seats be removed from the APNU list.
It was later revealed that the WPA had expected to get two seats, with each seat being rotated between two persons. Sarabo-Halley was one of four persons shortlisted by the party.
Soon after the WPA broke away from APNU/AFC, it was revealed that Sarabo-Halley herself had resigned from the WPA.
In its letter, the WPA had also laid out the conditions for reconciliation with the APNU/AFC. These conditions had included the WPA being granted the right to choose who it will send to Parliament, and that the recommendations of the Corbin Report be implemented.
At the time, the WPA had stipulated that these conditions must be met within the next two months in order for it to reconsider its decision to leave. When asked by this publication whether the APNU/AFC had reached out to his party, however, Ogunseye said that it was “early days yet.”

Amazing how the WPA has now found its voice, after being muzzled by the hand that was feeding its mouth. For 5 months they stood silently unhinged as the rigging machinations were unfolding and perpetrated on a daily basis. Sadly the party that the great icon Rodney built has been now reduced to a mere blow blow.