PNP General Secretary Dr. Dayton Campbell - Gleaner file photo
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Dr. Dayton Campbell
General Secretary of the People's National Party (PNP) Dr. Dayton Campbell remains optimistic that the tension in the party following the resignations of four senior executives can be broken if they open themselves to discussion.
Dr. Campbell, who was speaking Monday on TVJ's Smile Jamaica programme, said attempts are being made to have all former and current officers of the party meet to "see how best we can have individuals feeling that their issues are heard and they can make their contribution."
Former PNP General Secretary Paul Burke has urged the party to urgently reopen nominations for vice president if it is to minimise the damage from the resignations.
Vice presidents Damion Crawford, Dr. Wykeham McNeill and Mikael Phillips as well as chairman Phillip Paulwell resigned their posts on Friday as nominations closed for key positions amid a breakdown in talks regarding who would contest.
The resignations exposed the continued rift in the party along the lines of the Rise United and One PNP factions, which emerged during Peter Bunting's leadership challenge of Dr. Peter Phillips and was furthered in the leadership race between Mark Golding and Lisa Hanna.
No further rift
Vice presidential candidate Norman Scott has said he does not believe the resignations of the four senior PNP executives will cause a further rift in the party.
"All the individuals who have resigned are my friends and we have a level of camaraderie and I still intend and expect for it to continue," he insisted.
Mr. Scott said he was confident he would have had "a very good chance" of winning one of the four vice president positions had there been a contest.
The other persons nominated for the vice president posts are Eugene Kelly, Ian Hayles and Richard Azan.
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