36 APNU+AFC MPs sworn in as 11th Parliament opens – at least a dozen are first timers

by in Guyana, News

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Georgetown : The 11th Parliament opened yesterday afternoon with the selection of a Speaker of the House, Dr. Barton Scotland followed by the taking of the Oath of Office by 36 members of the new A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) coalition government as Members of Parliament (MPs).

Speaker Scotland observed that without the presence of the Opposition, the selection of the Deputy Speaker could not be done. MP Amna Ally was appointed as the Government’s Chief Whip.

The 36 APNU+AFC members in 11th Parliament are:

1.         Vice President and   Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo

2.         Minister of State, Joseph Harmon

3.         Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection, Simona Broomes

4.         Minister of Governance, Raphael Trotman

5.         Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs; Basil Williams

6.         Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan

7.         Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan

8.         Minister of Tourism, Cathy Hughes

9.         Minister of Public Health, Dr. George Norton

10.       Minister within the Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Karen Cummings

11.       Minister of Social Protection, Volda Lawrence

12.       Minister of Social Cohesion, Amna Ally

13.       Minister of Communities; Ronald Bulkan

14.       Minister of Education; Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine

15.       Minister within the Ministry of Education, Nicolette Henry

16.       Minister within the Ministry of Indigenous People’s Affairs, Valerie Garrido- Lowe

17.       Minister within the Ministry of Communities, Keith Scott

18.       Minister within the Ministry of Finance, Jaipaul Sharma

19.       Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder

20.       Minister of Business and Investment, Dominic Gaskin

21.       Minister within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Annette Ferguson

22.       Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson

23.       Minister of Indigenous People’s Affairs, Sydney Allicock

24.       Minister if Citizenship, Winston Felix

25.       Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge

26.       Minister within the Ministry of Communities, Dawn Hastings

27.       Charandass Persaud

28.       Michael Carrington

29.       Richard Allen

30.       Audwin Rutherford

31.       Jermaine Figueira

32.       John Adams

33.       Jennifer Wade

34.       Haimraj Rajkumar

35.       Rajcoomarie Bancroft

36.       Valerie Patterson

Among these 36 MPs were 12 newcomers to the House. They included ministers of government and Regional MPs who are:

 

1.      Simona Broomes; Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection,

2.      Winston Jordan; Finance Minister

3.      Nicolette Henry; Minister within the Ministry of Education

4.      Noel Holder; Minister of Agriculture  and

5.      Dominic Gaskin; Minister of Business and Investment

 

The new Regional MPs are: 

1.      Charandass Persaud 

2.      Michael Carrington

3.      Audwin Rutherford

4.      Jermaine Figueira

5.      Haimraj Rajkumar

6.      Valerie Patterson

 

Technocrat ministers

There are three such persons:

1.      Mr Sydney Allicock- Minister of Indigenous People’s Affairs

2.      Mr Keith Scott –Minister in the Ministry of Communities and

3.      Mr Winston Felix – Minister of Citizenship

 

The APNU+AFC government got 33 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly and the Opposition PPP/C, 32. The latter was absent from the opening ceremony.