The
People’s
National
Convention
(PNC)
has
appealed
to
the
Electoral
Commission
(EC)
to
withhold
the
final
certificate
for
the
registration
of
the
People’s
National
Party
(PNP).
In
a
statement
issued
to
the
EC
on
July
16,
the
PNC’s
solicitors
expressed
concerns
that
the
name
PNP,
being
the
predecessor
party
that
gave
rise
to
the
PNC,
is
very
similar
to
the
PNC.
This
similarity,
they
argue,
could
lead
to
confusion
among
voters.
“The
use
of
the
palm
nut
tree
as
an
emblem
for
the
newly
formed
party
PNP
will
further
confuse
the
electorates
leaving
them
to
believe
that
the
PNC
and
PNP
are
one
and
the
same.”
“Since
the
executives
of
the
PNP
are
former
executives
of
the
PNC,
together
with
the
history
between
the
erstwhile
PNP
and
PNC
earlier
canvassed,
it
will
leave
no
doubt
in
the
minds
of
electorates
that
the
new
PNP
and
PNC
are
one
and
the
same,”
the
statement
read.
READ
THE
STATEMENT
FROM
THE
PNC
LAWYERS
WRITES
TO
EC
HERE
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