Opposition and PNC Reform Leader Aubrey Norton today said he is not worried about the decision by party member, James Bond to endorse President Irfaan Ali for a second term. He said Bond is free to throw his support behind any candidate, but he knows there is no support base that will be heading behind Bond.

Norton said the PNC Reform remains intact.

“The only time something like that becomes a concern is if the people who are going have a support base, and from the evidence none of them that went before had a support base. The support base is a PNC-R/APNU support base and therefore I am not worried about people going,” Mr. Norton noted.

He said he does not believe Bond’s support of Ali will have any impact on the PNC.

“Everybody is going to be concerned if somebody isn’t supporting you, but the question is, is it going to impact you to the point where it will affect your success and here is where I am saying, it wont affect us to the point where it impacts our access, as I have said before there are many of left,” Norton recalled.

Last year, Bond threw his support behind Mr. Norton when he was contesting for the Leadership of the PNC/R. Bond at the time, said he was confident in Mr. Norton’s ability to lead the party given his decades of service.

Looking ahead at this year’s elections, Mr. Norton said he has no doubt that his party will head into the elections as a united party.

“I have no doubt that there will be a cohesive party. I am engaging all members of our party. A party like ours has a history and that history and institution—those two will help us, so I am not worried about the cohesion and we will work to further unite the party and not everybody that run out there and say something is indicative to lack of cohesion in the party,” the PNC Leader told reporters.

The PNC Reform has been engaging a number of opposition parties on the upcoming elections and areas of mutual interest.  He intends to meet with the Alliance For Change and the Working People’s Alliance soon. 

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