Where are they now?

Jun 07, 2020 Letters

Dear Editor,

During the 2015 elections campaign, leading members of the AFC were asked how they could justify joining with the PNCR, given its history. Those AFC leading lights responded that they would hold the PNCR’s feet to the fire and, if the need arose, use the AFC’s 40% parliamentary seats to remove the government should there be return to corruption, mismanagement and election rigging.
In light of what is happening presently in the recount process, we ask why the AFC has not honoured its promise to hold the PNCR accountable? Because of its silence and its refusal to disassociate themselves from electoral rigging, we publicly summon Messrs. Khemraj Ramjattan, Raphael Trotman, Moses Nagamootoo and Mme. Cathy Hughes to explain their party’s failure to keep its word.
From the thunderous silence it maintains, it is obvious that the AFC has been compromised. This is the same political group that once gave Guyanese hope as a force for a brighter future. Where are its leaders now? Why are they so silent? What of all those vaunted promises and commitments to be a force for betterment?
The leaders of the AFC, with the notable exception of Dominic Gaskin, have refused to stand up for anything detrimental to the Coalition’s flimsy narratives, its shaky positions and its crooked interests. It has declined to speak out against rigging and cheating perpetuated at the hands of Region Four Returning Officer, Clairmont Mingo.
As such, the betrayed public has to now hold the AFC’s feet to the proverbial fire in the hope that the conscience of its leaders will be scorched and they will be moved to condemn their main Coalition partner for its devious and undemocratic actions.
Messrs. Hughes, Ramjattan, and Trotman and Mme. Hughes where are you? Guyana cries out to you to do the honourable thing and disassociate yourselves from attempts to subvert democracy.
Chris Lall

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