Grenadian attorney and Democratic People’s Movement (DPM) member Jasmin Redhead has issued a powerful condemnation of the deeply entrenched partisan divisions plaguing Grenada’s political landscape. During an address to Grenadian nationals in New York, Redhead characterized the nation’s politics as a “battlefield” where families become “collateral damage” due to what she termed “weaponised partisanship.”
Redhead revealed disturbing accounts of citizens living in fear of political victimization, describing mothers distressed by children skipping school to avoid bullying related to their parents’ political affiliations. She emphasized these aren’t mere statistics but “real people carrying the weight of a system that doesn’t work for them.”
The attorney, who returned to Grenada in 2009 after twelve years in New York, identified poor governance as imposing a “silent tax” on diaspora investments, property security, and educational opportunities. She championed transparent systems that prioritize merit over political loyalty as essential for breaking the “5-year seesaw” of stalled national development.
Highlighting vulnerable populations, Redhead noted that weak systems disproportionately affect women, who bear much of the national burden through inadequate healthcare, education, and social services. She underscored the critical need for women’s leadership, asserting that “when women rise, families rise, communities rise, and Grenada, Carriacou, and Petite Martinique rise.”
Redhead endorsed DPM Leader Peter David, her friend of three decades, as a unifying force capable of transcending partisan divisions. Her message to the diaspora called for a fundamental shift “from colour to country, from tribalism to unity, from barely surviving to succeeding.” The DPM, launched successfully in November, continues building momentum for its people-centered transformation agenda across Grenadian communities domestically and internationally.