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THE General Council of the People’s National Movement (PNM) is keeping up its long tradition of holding government ministers to account.
One minister said he feels this organ of the ruling party is putting more pressure on the government than the parliamentary opposition.
The General Council is made up of senior elected party officials of each electoral constituency.
The unit met regularly before the outbreak of Covid-19, but sessions have since been infrequent.
At those meetings, members quiz ministers on a range of subjects.
Sessions are usually fast-paced and overseen by party Chairman Colm Imbert.
PNM veterans say the General Council has always held the government to account on a range of policy matters, including public housing, infrastructure improvement, make-work schemes, social security measures and crime.
“I feel we get more drilling from the General Council than from the Opposition,” said one minister.
Insiders say that discussions are “open and frank.”
He stated that “the culture of the PNM is for free dialogue; we have no fear of being penalised or banished.”
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