By Keva Lightbourne~ Guardian Senior Reporter ~ kdl@nasguard.com:
Attorney Paul Moss, who mounted an unsuccessful challenge against Perry Christie for the leadership of the Progressive Liberal Party at its November 2009 convention, has resigned from the PLP.
"The same careful and considered deliberations that I referenced in 2007 have now propelled me to this decision," said Moss, who became a card-carrying member of the party in May 2007.
"Then I felt that the PLP was at the stage where it would have to regroup and rebuild. I believed that the party needed an injection of new blood to shore up and bolster not just its image but its very existence. I advocated that the party should keep all that was good and solid, while identifying, embracing and utilizing new talents with which to build.
"Almost three years later, that has not happened. Much of the PLP leadership belongs to an earlier generation, where old ideas and old ways of doing things remain, stubbornly the order of the day. There appears to be no room or patience for fresh, new perspectives. And so the time has come for me to make my exit."
The statement announcing Moss' departure from the PLP was sent from his Dominion Management office on Montrose Avenue. Moss is reportedly in Zurich, Switzerland.
When contacted yesterday for comment, PLP chairman Bradley Roberts said he had not received the letter of resignation, but gathered that the move was made.
"We would just like to wish Mr. Moss all the success in whatever he is going to be doing," Roberts said.
He also expressed personal views in responding to the resignation.
Roberts said, "Mr. Moss is clearly not a team player. He seems to be an individual who is a loner. He wants to be able to act as though he is a part of an organization, but then again as an individual. He obviously had difficulties working within the framework of the Progressive Liberal Party or may indeed have problems working in any other political party, but nonetheless we wish him all the best."
Roberts added that people come and go in political organizations all the time.
"It's no big deal," he said.
Moss suffered a big defeat in that leadership race where he was only able to garner 23 votes to Christie's 1,158 votes. Bain and Grants Town MP Bernard Nottage, who also vied for the leadership position, captured 204 votes.
That win for Christie silenced many critics within and outside the PLP, as he secured more than 80 percent of the votes cast, cementing his place as the unquestionable leader of the party.
According to some political observers, Moss' decision to run against the top man in the party dealt a serious blow to his political aspirations.
But that has not deterred Moss from forging ahead as he still plans to seek a seat in Parliament.
He plans to run as a candidate in St. Cecilia in the 2012 general election.
March 17, 2010
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