Browne Claims UPP Chairman Predicting Election Loss, Signals Resignation
Prime Minister Gaston Browne has alleged that the chairman of the United Progressive Party, D Gisele Isaac, privately believes the party will lose the upcoming general election and plans to step down afterward.
Speaking on Pointe FM, Browne said the opposition is not positioned to win the April 30 polls, arguing that the party is unprepared and lagging behind its rivals.
“I think they themselves recognize that they can’t win, because they did not prepare themselves to win,” Browne said.
He claimed that Isaac had confided in close associates that the UPP faces a significant defeat at the polls and is unlikely to secure more than a handful of seats.
“She said that… they’ll be lucky if they win no more than three seats,” Browne said, adding that her assessment extended to the possibility of the party losing all of its seats.
According to Browne, Isaac also indicated that she would resign from her position as chairman following the election loss.
“He said… immediately after the elections, after the UPP would have lost, that she will resign,” Browne told listeners, attributing the remarks to information relayed to him by a third party.
Browne acknowledged that Isaac may publicly deny the claims but insisted that his account is accurate, emphasizing what he described as his record of reliability.
“I expect her to come and say what I say is not true… but the people… trust me to talk the truth,” he said.
The prime minister further characterized the opposition as increasingly desperate in the final days of the campaign, suggesting that the party would escalate its promises to voters despite questions about their feasibility.
“There’s desperation taking place within that party. They’re going to promise everything,” Browne said, adding that many of the proposals would be “not doable.”
His remarks come as campaigning intensifies ahead of the general election, with both major parties outlining competing visions on economic policy, taxation and cost-of-living relief.