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Talk of snap elections is a PPP ploy – AFC

Mar 27, 2012 News

 

The Alliance for Change (AFC) held a series of meetings with West Berbice residents on Sunday. The meetings, which were aimed at thanking supporters and to listen to their current concerns , began at Itacha, then moved to Bath, Hopetown and finally at Armadale, West Berbice.
Member of Parliament Moses Nagamootoo, Executive Member Gerhard Ramsaroop and Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes, were part of the team addressing the residents.
Nagamootoo warned Hopetown residents not to take the current administration seriously when “they come to you with the idea of snap elections.”
“They’re only using that as a threat….because people are fed up with their antics and corruption which is now coming out, like the one with the school books.”
“It shows they were helping themselves and they were having a merry time, every single ministry– every single one of them was thieving!”
“West Berbice made us feel proud, because you voted across the racial lines…we have declared our second independence, our second emancipation, our second freedom.”
The parliamentarian said that “we have good leaders and more that are coming on board. We were like the voice in the wilderness. Today we hold the position of Speaker of the National Assembly. We are the headmaster now! We hold the whip…we cutting their tail when they step out of line– we are the magnificent Seven in the parliament– all they got to show now is the dirty Dozen!”
He told the residents that he and his wife, because of their commitment to the AFC, have pledged to give their parliamentary salary to the party.
The residents of Hopetown were told about the young and vibrant leaders within the party who are fighting for a better Guyana daily.
Nagamootoo pointed to attorney at law Nigel Hughes, who he described as another vibrant leader.
“He helped to break the rocks and dislodged the head from the fortress of Babylon and we are looking forward to him leading us to bigger and better battles to take care of the future.”
Hughes in turn told the residents about how the current administration loves to use the race card with the people.
“They can only do it because we allowed them to do it.”
He said that it is a new day in Guyana and “we have to find a new way of doing business and say to those people who have ridden on our backs for centuries, that dem days done and never again must we give a group of persons absolute power!”
According to Hughes, the way the constitution is structured, it gives the Executive 100% of the power once they declare 50 per cent of the votes, and it is literally the majority of one that can save this country from more dictatorship.
Hughes added that as much as they would fight in Parliament for other things, changing the Constitution is of paramount importance at this point in Guyana’s history.
“It is fundamental before we go back into another election that we don’t end up in a place where the PPP get 50.000 [per cent] and they end up with 100 per cent in power, because we gonna be crying, so we have to understand where the battle really lies.”
Gerhard Ramsaroop told Kaieteur News that the party wanted to touch base on the issues that are facing the people of West Berbice.
He added that in Ithaca there were some very crucial and serious issues raised by residents including “a water problem whereby the water is discoloured and smelling and residents are saying they are falling ill and totally unfit and it cannot be classified as potable water.”
Ramsaroop said many residents in Bath had issues with the National Insurance Scheme.
“Missing years, incorrect calculations…it is really painful because these are persons who have worked all their lives and are basically being given a pittance.”
He added that one of the issues the AFC has championed for the residents there was that it ensured the sweeper/cleaners were paid the minimum wage, “and we have pledged to help further.”

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