Speaking publicly for the first time about her party’s internal strife, former Green party leader Elizabeth May is urging those who oppose leader Annamie Paul to strike a truce with her allies before a widely anticipated fall election.

“I fully support the Green Party of Canada, our values and our constitution,” she said in a media statement today. “Our leader is Annamie Paul and only our members have authority to call that into question.

“We need to pull together for what appears to be an imminent election campaign.”

May’s comments came a day after Paul held a press conference in Toronto and