Complex sentence: The NDP's failure to move beyond third-party status in the 1988 election was regarded as a disappointing result for the party and, in January 1989, Rodriguez became the party's first MP to publicly suggest that party leader Ed Broadbent should considering resigning.
Split into simpler sentences: The NDP's failure to move beyond third-party status in 1988 was regarded as a disappointing result for the party. In January 1989, Rodriguez became the first party MP to publicly suggest that party leader Ed Broadbent should considering resigning.