yeah, she need to do that now asap put out them idiots who making noise and didn’t win their seat like foster have to put down your foot and set a new tone going forward people respect that
zoom rader wrote:Penny needs to do a flush like what kams did.
Purge the PNM, Rowlee era is the worst PNM has ever seen
pugboy wrote:yeah, she need to do that now asap put out them idiots who making noise and didn’t win their seat like foster have to put down your foot and set a new tone going forward people respect that
zoom rader wrote:Penny needs to do a flush like what kams did.
Purge the PNM, Rowlee era is the worst PNM has ever seen
Just remember Eliteauto was a part of the Rowlee brigade.
Oui, papa. Plenty to unpack here! PNM imploding Internally and Penny real quiet.
As Pugboy and Zoom Rader have said: She needs to clean house like Kamla of the Pedophile National Movement members.
Karma is a real beyotch. Remember when Rowley drove Manning out from Balisier House in 2010?
PNM CRACKS BURST INTO THE PUBLIC OPEN. Messages from Amery and Foster paint a picture By Pearce Robinson In just 24 hours:
•Amery Browne, former Foreign Affairs Minister, publicly implied the internal process was rigged, posting that “they tried to rig the game, but you can’t fake authenticity.” His post has since been deleted, but not before it stirred a direct rejection from former Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley under the post about manipulation behind the scenes.
•Foster Cummings, current PNM General Secretary, delivered a damning rebuke of the party’s former leadership, distancing himself entirely from their decisions. He stated plainly: “I was never consulted, and I certainly did not endorse the strategy pursued by those who led us from Government into Opposition while advancing their own agenda.”
These TWO statements… One fiery and emotional, the other cold and calculated, point to a shared truth: there is growing resentment toward the leadership style and inner-circle decision-making that defined the Rowley era. What was once whispered within the walls of 1 Tranquility St is now being aired publicly: the downfall wasn’t just electoral, it was self-inflicted.
TURNING ON EACH OTHER: WHAT ROWLEY’S RANT REVEALS Not So Silent Exit: Rowley Fires Back at Amery By Pearce Robinson
So, I’ve been trying to make sense of this Rowley vs. Amery social media showdown and honestly, I haven’t seen a single media house actually unpack what was said. But there’s a lot we need to understand from Dr. Rowley’s reply to Amery Browne, and what it all really means, in short:
1. “Et tu, Brutus?” – Translation: Amery, how dare you. Rowley starts by accusing his former Foreign Affairs Minister of betrayal, casting himself as Caesar stabbed by someone close.
2. Denial of manipulation – He strongly rejects claims that he tried to rig anything or impose Stuart Young in an undemocratic way, daring anyone to show where he broke any party or national rules.
3. Then comes the bombshell – Without naming names, Rowley makes serious accusations: •That there were MPs who “did everything except enrich themselves and disregard service” to constituents.
•And more gravely, that there are credible allegations and authentic witnesses of MPs and their friends exploiting young vulnerable girls, inside and outside their offices, in exchange for apparent sexual favours.
4. Blames voter fatigue – He claims voters didn’t reject the PNM because of failed leadership, but because they were tired and seduced by political fantasy.
5. Signs off with flair – Casts himself as the sacrificial phoenix and closes with MLK’s famous quote: “Free at last.”
But here’s where it becomes deeply problematic:
If Dr. Rowley, as Prime Minister and party leader, knew that MPs under his leadership were allegedly exploiting young women in and out of office, why did he say nothing? Why did he allow them to remain in office? Why were no investigations launched? No disciplinary action taken? No police involvement?
That’s not leadership. Is that not complicity?
It raises serious concerns if, on the eve of his exit, Dr. Rowley is invoking the suffering of vulnerable women simply to strike back at political opponents or deflect blame. These aren’t petty jabs, they are criminal-level allegations. And if they’re true, they demand real action, not poetic monologues or veiled threats.
What Rowley may have intended as a warning shot to Amery instead raises serious questions about his own moral authority.
Because either: • He’s exaggerating to deflect blame, which would be reckless and deeply irresponsible, or
• He’s telling the truth and knowingly sat at the head of a Cabinet where abuse and exploitation of young girls was happening on his watch.
Either way, his apparent silence then and indeed his selective outrage now, undermines everything he claims to stand for. The real question isn’t “who betrayed Rowley?”
It’s “Who did Rowley protect, and why?” And also why did Amery Browne remove his post altogether?
Copy to: Trinidad and Tobago Police Service because if these allegations are true, they require more than speeches. They require justice.
Ken Ali
EX-PNM MINISTERS TELL OF CABINET ‘HORROR’
SOME fallen PNM government ministers and top party officials popped champagne corks at their homes on general election night.
Yes, they celebrated after their party was booted from government. They felt a UNC victory was the only way for the PNM to escape Dr. Keith Rowley and to reset the party for the future.
The frontliners rejoiced with their inner circles, convinced that an electoral defeat would free the PNM from Rowley’s “tyranny” and the stranglehold of his handpicked proxy Stuart Young.
Former ministers and other Balisier House operatives are now talking – on condition of anonymity – about the “horror” they experienced over the past few years.
They tell of being verbally abused and embarrassed, routinely sidelined and ignored, and sometimes denied necessary resources. Some endured expletives.
One spoke of “mental torture” and of “a toxic, dysfunctional, hateful” work culture.
He said: “There is no way this could have continued; we would have imploded.”
Another stated: “Eric Williams (party founder) would not have imagined his party becoming so broken and flawed.”
The ex-ministers said Cabinet meetings were generally tense, with periodic explosions of ill-temper.
One former senior minister is said to have been scolded more than most others.
“There are many stories I could relate,” one person stated. “It was simply overbearing. “No relationship – work or otherwise – should be like this.”
The ex-ministers were also deeply upset over the procedure that led to the selection of Young to succeed Rowley as Prime Minister.
One branded it “a hijacking of the process” and “against the grain of democracy.”
After the general election, several Members of Parliament ignored Rowley’s telephone calls.
Rowley wanted the MPs to back Young as Leader of the Opposition.
The majority of MPs threw their support behind Pennelope Beckles-Robinson, whom the President later appointed.
Ex-ministers and party officers who spoke out say they are confident the PNM would rebuild now that Rowley is no longer in charge.
In recent days, former high-profile ministers Dr. Amery Browne and Foster Cummings threw indirect barbs at Rowley, sparking a hostile response from the ex-PM.
Cummings, the party’s General Secretary, said he was not consulted and “certainly did not approve of the strategy engaged by those who took us from Government to Opposition in furtherance of their agenda.”
Browne and Cummings were not among the former Cabinet ministers and party officials who spoke with me.
zoom rader wrote:Let me just say this PNM failed because 1% has too much power and corrupted the lot of them.
Tax payers monies & forex was 1% piggy bank.
PNM needs to distance itself from 1%.
I think their grassroots supporters finally woke up and realized pnm not serving the interests of the man on the ground only their financiers ...it's going to be hard for PNM to regain the trust of their voters to make them want to come out and support again
hover11 wrote:Foster, Amery and Penny all stood by silently as Rowley destroyed the country,now they want to talk and give advice to the new government...
Despite ths silence by Penny, I think she made the right decision. Had she said / done anything previously, they might have casted her out. She stood by silently observing but not forgetting what was taking place, and making notes, so that when she is in a position to do something about it, she can.
Do you really think if she tried to do anything about any of the allegations mentioned above, she would have still been within the PNM ranks, let alone become the opposition leader? I think not.
hover11 wrote:Foster, Amery and Penny all stood by silently as Rowley destroyed the country,now they want to talk and give advice to the new government...
Despite ths silence by Penny, I think she made the right decision. Had she said / done anything previously, they might have casted her out. She stood by silently observing but not forgetting what was taking place, and making notes, so that when she is in a position to do something about it, she can.
Do you really think if she tried to do anything about any of the allegations mentioned above, she would have still been within the PNM ranks, let alone become the opposition leader? I think not.
Hover i hear you with penny, and whether she agreed or not it was silent complicity. The thing is, it seems the membership doesn't see it that way.
Killercow is right, if Penny challenged the status quo at the time which was Rowley & Stuart, they would have made sure she wasn't selected as the pnm candidate for Arima. Now PNM would have lost anyhow in addition to losing the Arima seat for sure to the UNC as Penny has a strong following there. Also, she would not have been opposition leader and be at a disadvantage trying to be political leader from "outside". Elected MP's such as Stuart and Camille who are perceived as Rowley loyalists, one of them would have been OL instead.
