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Democratic Labour Party St Peter Branch Criticized for Failure to Follow Protocol for Guest Speaker
"Learn about the controversy surrounding Caswell Franklyn's scheduled appearance at a Democratic Labour Party (DLP) meeting. Accusations of protocol violation and questioning of authority surface."
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It was not about Caswell Franklyn but more about the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) St Peter branch failing to follow protocol for having a guest speaker at its meeting.
That’s the word from the general secretary Steve Blackett after the party’s hierarchy interjected following Franklyn’s advertised appearance next Sunday at the branch to speak on the National Insurance Scheme and the pension issue. Franklyn is a former People’s Party for Democracy and Development senator and former member of the ruling Barbados Labour Party.
The intervention of the party heads led to a series of Whatsapp messages that accused Blackett and party president Dr Ronnie Yearwood of blocking Franklyn making their way into the public sphere. The author of the messages also questioned the top brass’ authority to determine who can speak at such meetings and demanded that the specific clause of the party’s constitution giving such authority be pointed out.
In the messages, it was pointed out that there were some who had spoken ill of the party in the past but were allowed
