Dawn Hastings-Williams is new PNC/R General Secretary

More than a month after Geeta Chandan-Edmond resigned from her post as General Secretary of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R), the party has finally announced her replacement.
In a statement, the PNC/R revealed that Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) Dawn Hastings-Williams will be the new General Secretary.
“Hastings-Williams is a long-standing member of our Party, who is eminently qualified to serve as General Secretary. We wish Mrs. Hastings-Williams all the best as she performs the functions of the General Secretary,” the party said in a statement.

Prior to her resignation, Geeta Chandan-Edmond had been on leave of absence from the party. Reports indicate that Chandan-Edmond’s resignation as General Secretary stemmed from concerns expressed by senior members of the party about her performance. However, earlier this month, just mere weeks after Geeta Chandan-Edmond and Faaiz Mursalin, the party’s treasurer, had resigned, Mursalin revealed that racial discrimination and an unhealthy working environment in the party had pushed him to resign within one year of ascending to his position.
In January 2022, former Magistrate Geeta Chandan-Edmond had replaced longstanding PNCR Member Amna Ally, who had served as that party’s General Secretary since June 2017. At the time of Chandan-Edmond’s appointment, she was serving as an APNU/AFC Member of Parliament, and had enjoyed the support of the membership of the PNCR.