OVER the past two weeks, there have been charges and counter charges particularly amongst supporters and members of the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) in Hanover, as to the reason/s why former Lucea mayor Lloyd Hill was ousted.

Many have branded Hill’s former deputy, the PNP’s Fredecious Miller, a long-standing councillor for the Green Island division and PNP councillor Collville Allen (Cauldwell division) as being “selfish and callous” for the role they played in removing Hill from the mayoral chair.

Hill, who has been the sitting PNP councillor for the Sandy Bay division since 1998, was serving his second term as mayor and chairman of the Hanover Parish Council when he was booted out of office on January 14.

Allen –who in November lost in his bid to again represent the party whenever the next local government elections are held– moved the no- confidence motion against Hill, his PNP colleague.

The motion was then seconded by the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) councillor for the Lucea division Easton Edwards.

And when the votes were taken Miller, Allen, Edwards and Albert Lee, the JLP councillor for the Riverside division, all voted in favour of the motion.

The other three PNP councillors, Wynter Mc Intosh, Derrick Foster as well as Hill voted against.

Hill’s unceremonious removal from office obviously has not gone down well with the PNP’s hierarchy, sitting PNP MP for Western Hanover Ian Hayles, as well as scores of party supporters.

Both Allen and Miller represent divisions in Hayles’ constituency.

“I don’t support the conspiratorial act by two so-called PNP councillors to join up with two JLP councillors to remove a PNP mayor. I don’t support it; I am not in support of it,” a very upset high-ranking PNP member told this column earlier this week.

As the controversy surrounding Hill’s removal deepens, political observers are eagerly waiting to see what action the PNP’s Disciplinary Committee will take against Allen and Miller.

Both comrades are scheduled to face the Syringa Marshall-Burnett-led committee next Monday.

Word on the street is that the party is strongly considering their expulsion from the organisation.

Their action, a PNP Official told this column, is a clear breach of the party’s guidelines and should result in expulsion.

Already at the local level, the duo has been expelled from the party’s constituency executive chaired by Hayles, as well as their respective divisional executive.

Soon it should be known if they will be axed from the party.

And if in fact they are, will they cross the floor or remain as independent councillors?

These and other burning questions are expected to be answered as the drama unfolds at the PNP-controlled Hanover Parish Council.