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National Hero George Price died 8 years ago today - and, as has become tradition, the party he founded held a wreath laying ceremony today at his grave in the Lord Ridge Cemetery.  Former Prime Minister Said Musa, who served under Price in the 80’s and 90’s - and then succeeded him - praised his mentor’s well known humility:

And while Price was praised for his work as national leader, what is less spoken about is his tenure as party leader.  He led the PUP from 1956 to 1996 - an incredible 40 year run.  In that time he had to deal with many party personalities, and conflicting ideologies - but Price’s paramountcy as maximum leader was not questioned until the mid 90’s.  

Like any leader, Briceno has to balance the same adversarial relations among colleagues - and he said there is nothing new under the political sun: