MEMBERS of the United National Congress (UNC) Diego Martin North East constituency executive resigned with immediate effect yesterday, adding to the growing list of resignations plaguing the UNC.

Those who resigned said it was “utterly unacceptable” that they are now being pressured to support Phillip Edward Alexander and his Progressive Empowerment Party (PEP) under the threat of being sidelined or blacklisted within the UNC.

“This blatant act of political coercion is a betrayal of the hard-working, dedicated members who have stood by the UNC through thick and thin. Even more disturbing is the hypocrisy of vilifying lifelong UNC members while embracing an individual who has spent years viciously attacking both the party and its membership,” the letter from the members to UNC political leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar stated.