We understand that apart from Espat, Musa, and Fonseca, Minister Cordel Hyde, Espat?s brother-in-law and ally, was also present at the meeting, and he also had no comment.

The cauldron of intra-PUP controversy boiled over this week with open hostilities between Espat and two highly influential men he said were members of the Ralph Fonseca camp – businessmen and PUP supporters, Winston Smiling and Luke Espat. He referred to their ?handler? as the ?chief crony.?