On the cusp of the April 28 gen­er­al elec­tions, the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) has faced nine res­ig­na­tions in 24 days.

Those who left the par­ty have cit­ed be­ing dis­il­lu­sioned and said they were not pleased with the di­rec­tion the UNC has been head­ing.

The res­ig­na­tions ten­dered be­tween Feb­ru­ary 24 and March 19, 2025, have been the high­est for the UNC since Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar took lead­er­ship of the par­ty in 2010. De­scrib­ing the re­cent string of de­par­tures as ir­rel­e­vant and a non-is­sue to the par­ty’s gen­er­al elec­tion cam­paign, Per­sad-Bisses­sar ex­pressed con­fi­dence that the 36-year-old UNC can win the up­com­ing polls. Amid the flur­ry of res­ig­na­tions, she urged par­ty sup­port­ers at the St Mary’s Gov­ern­ment Pri­ma­ry School two weeks ago not to be fooled by UNC trai­tors who switched their al­le­giance to the PNM.