NNP loses to nepotism and politics

At least two political commentators in Grenada agree that nepotism and a politics of exclusion are the main factors that caused Keith Mitchell’s New National Party (NNP) to lose last week’s general election.



They are lecturer in political science at the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Dr. Wendy Grenade and head of the Grenada Community Development Agency, Judy Williams.



Dr. Grenade said the NNP made some fundamental mistakes that resulted in the blurring of the lines between party and government such as the politicisation of the public service.



She said breaking the rules became normal.



The National Democratic Congress (NDC), which won seven seats in the 2003 elections, increased its parliamentary tally to 11 seats last week, leaving the NNP with the remaining four.



The NNP has served an unbroken 13 years in government.