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Putting mechanism in place

St. George’s, May 13, 2010 – The ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) has embarked on what the party’s General Secretary, Hon. Peter David, has described as a “reorganisation plan.’’

Mr. David, MP for the Town of St. George and also Foreign Minister of Grenada, said the plan has already resulted in physical upgrading at the NDC’s Secretariat and staff changes at its Lucas Street office.

“We have taken a decision and I, as General Secretary, have sought to engage some full-time party workers and to develop the Party Secretariat so it can become the hub of activities,’’ said Mr. David. “We have personnel in the Party Secretariat and all of the mechanism that we need in the Secretariat to ensure that this is the place that people can go to get Party information.’’

The General Secretary said since Senator Arley Gill assumed the position of Public Relation Officers, after the resignation of Sen. Ann Peters as NDC PRO, the Party has also been giving some attention to public relations as part of its efforts at reorganising.

“Senator Gill has started his work and I think the public will certainly recognise that there is much more information out there about the Party and party activities,’’ Mr. David said. “I was heartened when we had the maritime treaty delimitation signing, that party groups throughout the country and overseas issued statements supporting the government. So, I think that is a clear, early indication that Senator Gill and the Party Secretariat are doing much now to enhance the public relations side of the Party work.’’

Hon. David said the reorganisation, as well as preparations for the NDC’s annual convention on July 11, have been the focus of discussions of the Party’s executive and management committee.

General Secretary David said he intends to hold meetings with the 15 constituency branches of the NDC to continue the briefings on Grenada/Trinidad maritime treaty, and to ensure there is continued dialoguing between the Party and the government.

“We have to ensure that the government is following the Party’s programme.  When a government comes into office, it does so on the basis of a party’s programme,’’ Mr. David explained.

“We have to constantly monitor the governmental programme to ensure that it’s keeping with the party’s programme. We will be doing that over the next couple of months, leading in to July 11. We are also engaging in a series of constituency discussions on delimitation. That’s an important issue, not only for the government but also for the country and the future of our people. We, as a party, have invited the government to come to the constituencies to discuss delimitation. And that is only one in several issues going into July 11 that the constituency branches would be engaging the government.’’

The agenda for the NDC’s convention includes election of officers to the Party’s executive. Under the Party’s constitution, the only position that cannot be challenged at the convention is that of Party Leader, whilst he is government leader.

The current NDC Leader is Grenada’s Prime Minister, Hon. Tillman Thomas, and Deputy Leader is Hon. Nazim Burke, Minister of Finance and Economic Development.

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