United Progressive Party (UPP) leader Jamale Pringle has dismissed social media claims that Ian “Magic” Hughes was appointed as the party’s Public Relations Officer (PRO).
Speaking on _The Serpent in the Snake Pit_ show on Saturday, Pringle stressed that any PRO must be elected by the party’s general council, not simply appointed by leadership.
“No PRO can just be appointed by the leadership,” he said, calling the rumors a “diversionary tactic” and emphasizing that Hughes’s alleged appointment was false.
Speculation followed a letter published on April 17 questioning Hughes’s role and intensified after former UPP PRO Winston “Fled” Henry criticized him. Hughes’s 2018 conviction for indecent assault has also fueled controversy online.
Pringle announced that the UPP will soon convene a general council meeting to elect a new PRO and formally reaffirm its leadership processes.
