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AFC wants to secure meaningful involvement of youth in next Coalition Govt.
On Saturday last, the Alliance For Change (AFC) held its first National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting for 2019 at the Umana Yana Kingston, Georgetown.
Leader of the AFC, Raphael Trotman
Chairman of the AFC, Khemraj Ramjattan
In a statement released to the media, the party said that the meeting was expanded to include regional, municipal and Neighbourhood Democratic Council councillors and saw over 110 delegates in attendance from all ten administrative regions in Guyana along with the Diaspora.
The NEC reportedly “unanimously” approved a motion for the APNU+AFC Coalition to be maintained as per the Cummingsburg Accord for the next General and Regional Elections.
AFC also said that the NEC renewed the party’s commitment to constitutional reform and “recognised the need for greater and meaningful involvement and participation of young people in the next Coalition Government. Further, the party recognized the need for greater empowerment and the provision of more opportunities for the young people of Guyana.”
The party also “unanimously approved a motion to support free education from nursery to university and facilitate housing for all Guyanese with revenues to be derived from oil.”
AFC recalled that the Constitution of Guyana provides that “every citizen has the right to free education from nursery to university as well as non-informal places where opportunities are provided for education and training.”
Leader Raphael Trotman, in his address meeting, stated that the party “has listened to the people and has heard what they have had to say. He related that the Guyanese public holds the AFC to a different political standard than that of the traditional political parties and acknowledged that the AFC did make some mis-steps in government and that the party must work harder to deliver for the Guyanese people. The Leader also reaffirmed his confidence in the David Granger/Moses Nagamootoo leadership to guide the Coalition Government in the period ahead.”
Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan, in his address, outlined for the NEC meeting the legal matters pertaining to the vote of December 21 and “underscored that the APNU+AFC government is legitimate, credible and proper and will not engage in the dereliction of duty by not pursuing the matter to the fullest extent of the law.”
The AFC did not make any report of an address from Nagamootoo.
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