Hew: PPM on ‘greater journey’ to progress
(CNS): The opposition leader has once again lamented the outcome of last month’s election, stressing in a video message to voters that the final outcome was not what the PPM had hoped for, having secured seven seats, the most of any single party. Joey Hew said he was proud to have earned the support of thousands of Caymanians, as he thanked them and the party faithful. He said the PPM’s work wasn’t about one election but a journey towards progress.
“Once again, the government has been formed through post-election negotiations rather than a clear, unified mandate,” Hew said in the message. “While this may bring frustration to some, it also reminds us of the importance of continued civic engagement, open dialogue, and accountability. Our work is not confined to one election; it is part of a greater journey toward lasting progress.”
He congratulated the new coalition government, which collectively secured almost double the national votes cast than the Progressives.
“We trust that you will lead with integrity, transparency, and a deep commitment to the well-being of every Caymanian. Though we may differ in views, we are united by our love for this country and our shared duty to serve it well,” he said.
“As members of the PPM, whether in parliament or continuing our efforts in the community, we remain committed to the principles that brought us here: opportunity, equity, sustainability, and good governance. We will continue to be your advocates, your voices, and your partners in building a stronger Cayman Islands,” Hew added.
Despite leading the party to defeat, Hew appears to be continuing on as party leader for the time being. However, there are now others in the PPM who may yet be looking for ways to reshape the party after back-to-back elections where the party secured seven seats but was unable to form a majority government.
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Watch Kenneth soon leave PPM to try and get back in 2029 as independent.
3.18pm And he’ll be armed with all the PPM plans and confidential things discussed at their party meetings.
He’s becoming ridiculous. The man should just go on a great long journey of his own, hopefully far away from the political scene in Cayman. Am sure his cireba and developer buddies will find a nice consultancy position for him. Take the donkey with you too.
For as long as there are elections in the Cayman Islands, until ‘Christ Returns’, the PPM Party whomever they may be should never ever govern these three islands again. Power, Greed, Control, and Self Interest is all that party has ever been and will ever be.
NO NO.NO NO. So Hew and the rest of your members work for the betterment of All caymanians for the next 4 years as you are going to be paid a salary way above unna pay grade for the little work you all actually do.
Someone get him some sackcloth and ashes.
Honorable Hew, you are a wonderful and good man, you need to be Premier and have your wonderful team to lead us. The election was fixed.
Yeah; it was “fixed”—because putting PPM back in, would mean it was broken! 🤣 What a silly comment.
Mr. Hew, those who grew up with political party mentality might think “hey! PPM got seven seats”; but Caymanians had national vote up to 2017 and the quality of candidates was much better. If you can please stop thinking in terms of parties for a minute, the PPM got 28.03% of the overall vote. It means nearly 70% (assuming the difference were spoilt ballots) chose something other than PPM. Having said that, in my humble opinion, the single member constituency system has got to go. It does not work for our islands.
The PPM’s journey to the curb was completed some time ago. How disrespectful that Joey (like Roy) still won’t accept lawful voter rejection, and their own failure to assemble some kind of coalition. Clueless.
That looks like a hostage video, he doesn’t look very well. Probably being advised to continue this nonsense. He should step away, he’s many times had the chance but cannot actually form a gov, and the desperate blunder of bringing back into PPM the ken/ju/dwayne shows his real self. Move on Joey, good leaders can read the room. Maybe you’re illiterate?
Joey comes up short once again. Give the guy some cheese with his whine.
Joey Hew when you was asked the question if he would work with anyone including the independents and the other 2 parties and your response was absolutely not that shows that you are not a leader because you have a more than one chance to form the government but your statement that you made is an embarrassment to the PPM you are one of the worse leadership that lead the PPM and I am such ashamed to be a PPM SUPPORTER with your childish behavior
It was Miller and McLean who came up with the bright idea of OMOV. McKeeva immediately said “foolishness!” Alden figured the PPM would benefit, and pushed for the referendum. According to another media source, nearly 43 per cent of the Cayman Islands voting public at the time or 6,484 people stayed home rather than cast their ballot in that 2012 referendum. That’s right. We did not want it, but the PPM read the numbers their way (kinda like Joey is doing now). Well, the mistake is biting them now. #BringBackNationalVote
What is wrong with this man?! What doesn’t he understand. So annoying. Joey clearly does not look at social media or read the comments. Just sit down, shut up and put your ass to work for the good of this country – not your wallet.
1. CINP and TCCP masqueraded as two parties but in reality they had a plan to work together. They met prior to the election and made their plans, but let the “secret” loose that they argued over who would be Premier and parted ways. We now know that was a lie/deception.
2. CINP ran a team B made up of independents just in case they needed the numbers. They had Raul, Jay, Sterling and Phillip. Arden was engaged to take care of them but Sterling flew the coop before Election Day.
3. They then started the noise about the deficit and blamed it on the PPM. The public being gullible with their brains softened by years of listening to Marl Road trash sucked it up. Another deception because we now see the truth about the deficit.
4. On election night after the dust settled CINP and TCCP were able to quickly come together in the best interests of the country…right!! This was just the plan all along. Andre and Peanut (smh at the name) DP Peanut..knew their roles all along.
This government was born in deception, they took advantage of confusion created by their Marl Road propaganda machine and took power.
For those of you who feel so proud of what they achieved.. never forget your reap what you sow. #deception!
Ps. The side deal with Rolly was also preconceived and part of the plan.
Well done Cayman. Experiment No. 2 … loading
To 8:32pm: You conveniently ignored how many people messaged André and Dan asking them to please join forces so we did not get a PPM-led government. How many such comments were posted in all the media pages, FB, IG, etc. You are either in denial or have selective memory. You are obviously a PPM lover, so… sorry for your loss. Hope you pass through all the stages of grief quickly.
Time is the ultimate truth teller. Care to make a wager on whether or not “20/05/2025 at 8:32 pm” is right ?
PPM made their bed with devils in JuJu, John John and Kenny.
That to me was their biggest mistake.
lay down with dogs wake up with fleas.
When they brought those clowns on board they brought on board the pier and the deficit.
Go far and stay long Joey
SO glad this man is not in a position of power. He does not mean Cayman and its people any good. Only out for power for himself to feed his ego and destroy Caymans environment with his development buddy’s .
I’m hedging bets that a certain mega developer funded his campaign, the same one that majorly funded Mac’s campaign back in 2009. Joey lost, and now it’s obligation to kick up the dirt and bellyache. Consider yourself pwned, now suck it up!
100% agree. He needs to do this to show face to his backers and take the Trump approach to losing.
Very disappointed with PPM. First big mistake was bringing Kenneth. B, Julianna and Dwayne into the fold. Big mistake! HUGE! Second mistake was his opinion on the cruise berthing facility. No matter what evidence was presented, he was a firm YES! Third was his childish behaviour after the election. Move on! Grow up and let’s get on with doing the work that needs to be done.
To be fair…he was held hostage by Kenneth.
Joey, the following is public information. Government could not hide it even if someone wanted to. As opposition leader, you are at C1 in the government pay scale. It is not petty cash. Please, please: do the job you are paid to do. Organize focus groups, do anonymous surveys, whatever you and the rest of your PPM posse need to do, to pinpoint why you lost. Learn from the mistake. You have four years to try again; but for God sake, stop harping on it. We want change. We want initiatives that put Caymanians first. If you are unable to get on board with that, then retire. That is the best advice we can give you (and it’s free)
He can’t learn from his mistakes yet.
Denial <–We're still here.
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Acceptance
All those spoilt ballots in Prospect would have made Sabrina win the election. Michael didn’t truly win I am convinced.
Prospect will suffer for 4 years
Eh? Zero relevance to the article.
You can’t take any party seriously that thinks Kenneth Bryan and Dwayne Seymour are the right people to run a country. End of story.
Wishing you well on your ‘greater journey’ Joey.
Hope it is a very long and one way trip, and please be sure to take Juju, Kenneth,Dumbdumb and Saunders with you.
You obviously aren’t familiar with their giant billboards thanking the faithful for voting them in again?!?!
Such modest, amazing statesman like behavior, from two politicians beyond reproach in terms of integrity and past behaviors.
you forgot Festa
joey…If you ride with thieves, then you die with thieves.
joey/ppm=forever aloof and out of touch
MR. jOSEPH HEW, with all the respect in the world, PRAY TELL when was the last time that PPM WON THE GOVERNMENT WITH A MAJORITY OF PPM CARD CARRYING MEMBERS. It would appear that losing elections sets off some sort of memory block in ona head. Please stop it, ona just making ona self look idjutic with the same ole story. find common ground with the people, not the developers, work on a positive program for building people relationships along with ideas for carrying this country forward along with the incumbent government.CRITIQUE where and when necessary but work with others for the overall good.
Finally learn from your lessons and strive for unity not just within your party but in our small sphere called Cayman Islands, let that be an integral part of your leadership legacy.
Amen! Take a long vacation Joey! You need it!
a new star in town people ‘WAAAAAAILING JOEEEY’
If Cayman never sees the Piss Poor Management party take power again it will be better off. Bunch of rich cronies willing to sell our natural environment to private cruise corporations as if they need the money.
Looking at you, Kenny. You did NOT need them! So disappointed.
“We trust that you will lead with integrity, transparency, and a deep commitment to the well-being of every Caymanian. Though we may differ in views, we are united by our love for this country and our shared duty to serve it well,” he said.
“As members of the PPM, whether in parliament or continuing our efforts in the community, we remain committed to the principles that brought us here: opportunity, equity, sustainability, and good governance. We will continue to be your advocates, your voices, and your partners in building a stronger Cayman Islands,” Hew added.
What a load of waffle, grasping and/or scheming, you never did any of the above, all too complacent and smug, thought you would all get away with your greed and destruction. A smack in the face awakened some of you.
Still stuck on whining, no
progress there then.
Bring back #NATIONALVOTE. We are too small for this party system manure. All it does is foster corruption (like the 8M CB workers’ lodging that is built on Juju’s land). We need quality candidates! OMOV does not support such. In some constituencies, voters are forced to choose the least harmful from amongst the most mediocre. You won seven seats, but you only got 5,000 votes out of the total number of votes cast. Please accept that reality. Stop whining, and please do not be rehashing this over and over when you go to parliament. It is not what we pay the opposition to do.
This guy understands that if his party was in power it would only have been through post-election negotiations right?
If Jay and Issac had joined him, this wouldn’t be an issue. But because he’s on the side that lost it’s a problem.
He also has no issue with pre-election negotiations in the form of bringing Juju, Kenny, and DumDum on board. Did any of the party’s pre-existing supporters want those three clowns in the circus???
Resign now Joey you are not fit to lead progressives or the country
And NOBODY needs Kenny ffs.
And any party comprising Jujudas, Kenneth, ReallytooDumb, and Saunders, cannot be trusted to lead us to anywhere other than Bankruptcy.
The PPM has conspired to hide billions in liabilities from the Balance Sheet in order to retain the perception of compliance with FFR. The Cayman Islands is deep in the red.
Deep is not the word.
Spot on. Joey’s epic fail in leading the PPM through this election cycle is probably being called into question by the party membership (as it should).
Unless the PPM takes a serious look at who they are and the direction they are heading, they may well not be around for the 2029 election cycle.
Time for a complete revamp of the PPM or just die a natural death already.
The one dangerous thing about this past election is that it once again proved independents hold the weight unless a party can get a clean sweep. Mckeeva used to use this as a major advantage to get what he wanted and it now seems Jay and Issac have adopted this tactic.
Had PPM not run a candidate again Jay in NS, it is very likely he would have joined them rather than the coalition government. The rumours of their supposed demands at the meeting in Cayman Kai definitely hold weight, even though they didn’t get everything that they asked for.
That meeting was purely about compensation packages to Jay and Issac. If people knew who’s house the meeting was held at, they would understand 100 percent why somebody is now holding a certain position in government.
If you know things for definite, like the owner of said house, then state it. Don’t talk/write in cryptic clues.
These things can’t be stated otherwise the comment will likely not be approved, however if you listened to certain new government heads, you would know.
To 10:59am: If you know something, then say something. What is this bad habit of saying “If you knew so and so…” It smacks of bad mind! If what you are stating is true, then say it and be done with it. What are you afraid of?!
CNS sometimes won’t post comments with specific names mentioned so you can’t just name drop people. A little research and you can find out the answers yourself.
Piss off Joey!
You have destroyed the last shreds of credibility for the PPM given your desperation by adding Kenny, Jon Jon and Juju to the party!
PPM deserves to never lead the government or country ever again!
Explain how these 3 get outcast, but Wayne, Andre, Heather etc escape the same criticism. Remember, our debt was escalated $200m+ by the PACT regime before the party collapsed and UPM took over. I am neutral but, all members of the PACT and UPM should be held accountable, not just the ones in whichever party you do not favour.
This has been answered numerous times by the 3. The fact that you keep raising the issue means that you clearly have a position. Let’s see how your guys do as the opposition this time around. They were just rubber stamping the last four years.
What an @$$.
Sit your butt down and shut up, Joey!
You were voted out. Get over yourself.
Please retire Joey.