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Gail Alexan­der

Se­nior Po­lit­i­cal Re­porter

Ac­tivist Jow­elle De Souza re­signed from the Op­po­si­tion Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) yes­ter­day, af­ter tak­ing is­sue with the par­ty’s lead­er­ship and tra­jec­to­ry. She said the fi­nal straw was an al­leged re­mark by deputy leader Jear­lean John that the po­lit­i­cal leader had “tak­en a lot of heat” from re­li­gious groups for De Souza.