THE NEWLY-elected Opposition leader has a mammoth task on her hands.

Given the PNM’s loss in the April 28 General Elections, with the party losing eight seats to now have 13 seats and more than 100,000 PNM supporters losing faith and refusing to turn out for the election, the PNM, now led by Penelope Beckles, has to climb back to its former glory.

Political analyst Bisnu Ragoonath, in a conversation with the Newsday on May 9, said the Beckles now had to change the public’s feeling that the PNM was arrogant and aloof to its pain and challenges.