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Po­lit­i­cal com­men­ta­tors say Op­po­si­tion Leader Pen­ne­lope Beck­les must ex­plain her role in the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment’s (PNM) de­cline, af­ter ad­mit­ting the par­ty has “lost its way” just days be­fore its in­ter­nal elec­tions on June 22.

Beck­les’ re­marks have been part of her re­cur­ring post-elec­tion nar­ra­tive. But po­lit­i­cal an­a­lyst Dr Shane Mo­hammed yes­ter­day said the state­ment, with­out specifics, does lit­tle to in­spire con­fi­dence.

“We’ve known for some time the PNM lost its way. But now that she’s said it, what did she do about it? At what point be­tween 2015 and 2025 did she and oth­ers recog­nise this? And who are the oth­ers?” he asked.