We are not certain if it was the PUP who got rid of Mahmud or if it was Mahmud who got rid of the PUP. What we are certain of is that he is no longer going to contest the Cayo North Constituency. Credible reports state that Mahmud is completely and totally dissatisfied with the People’s United Party , in particular with its leadership. On one hand there is a leader who simply cannot lead a horse to drink water and on the other hand they have a leader who will be leader despite anything.
And that is where Mahmud finds himself, the reports this newspaper has received is that the ‘would be king’ of the Western Caucus of the PUP, called a meeting of the caucus in that division and did not invite the chairman. The Chairman of course, is Mahmud. We understand that this is just the tip of the disrespectful iceberg that the Cayo North area representative is facing. Outside of being a simple minion in his party, the current leader views him as a Bricenista, meaning that he has loyalties only to Johnny Briceno and to no other leader.
The fact that there are mixed loyalties rub the PUP’s upper echelon so much so that when the resignation letter came, nobody cared to answer. Their party leader did not answer since he was not even in the loop and nobody respects him… the leader and deputy leader Julius Espat did not answer also because he was much too happy to see Mahmud go.
Now there is the issue of who really is the leader of the PUP? We are certain that it is not Francis, his skull is as dense as one would find in a Senor Coconut but that is neither here nor there. What is here is that Julius Espat is eyeing and actually gunning for the position. For him to be calling the shots in the West would mean that he is the de-facto leader despite the truth that out there are more chiefs than indians.
However this one plays out, it would have been much appreciated Mahmud had actually resigned as an area rep. After all during his tenure he has done absolutely nothing in the division with, of course, having something to do in Bullett Tree Falls, which is now probably another source of discontent… not in the PUP family but in his real family.
An eye will always be kept on this one….
