| Butterfield steps down as PNP deputy leader | | Print | |
| Thursday, 21 October 2010 12:21 | |||
 After objections from members of the Progressive National Party about party Leader Clayton Greene’s choice of deputy leader, Albray V. Butterfield Jr. has “agreed to leave” the position, the PNP announced Oct. 20. “Both Mr. Butterfield and party Leader Clayton Greene believe that in an effort to further engender a spirit of unity within the party, this move is in the best interest of the party at this time,” the statement said. “They express regret that this move proved necessary, but stress that, as the party seeks to rebuild itself and become even more relevant in these changing and challenging times, the divisions that this appointment has caused within the party is more of a distraction to that effort and does not serve the party well.” Greene’s choice of Butterfield caused some grumbling within the party because Butterfield said last year that he could not support the elected PNP government at that time and called for the takeover by the interim government. When Greene announced his choice Sept. 1, he said he selected Butterfield because he had the courage to speak his mind, even if it was unpopular. “In a free society every man has the right to speak his peace.” At that time, Butterfield said he wanted the British here “but for not a day longer than necessary. That day longer than necessary has come.”
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