PNP Treasurer, Norman Washington Horne, made a report to the party's NEC which was "leaked" to the media. Horne's report identified challenges faced by the treasury which in his view played a critical role in the 2016 election defeat. These were: Fragmented political leadership, multiple non-cohesive and disjointed campaigns being run by distinct groupings and individual members of the party; Senior members in the government were actively sourcing funds from the private sector for the sole benefit of their personal campaigns; Contributions earmarked for the Treasury were made to senior party members who neither reported or accounted in full, or even in part, for receipt of those donations; The decision not to debate exacerbated the difficulty in raising funds resulting in "a last minute cash investment and infusion into the JLP." In sum "there was not one central bank but several banks; some of which had more resources than the Treasury....