Georgetown: The Alliance For Change (AFC) on recently held a high-energy meeting to finalise its strategy as the party prepares for Regional and General Elections early next year.
Representatives from all 10 administrative regions gathered at the Georgetown Club with representatives from the Diaspora joining by Skype to put details to the party’s strategy that will guide it at the 2015 polls.
The budding party said that there were a number of youth and women members of the AFC represented at the meeting.
“The National Executive Committee (NEC) gave total support to the No-Confidence Motion and saw the representatives pledging 100 per cent commitment to move the election process forward. All representatives were highly motivated and eager to get back to the regions to advance the work that will give the AFC the advantage at the next poll.
“The AFC leadership in one voice condemned the minority Government for undermining the Constitution by refusing to hold Local Government Elections and establishing a Procurement Commission, as well as unlawfully spending public funds not authorised by the Parliament,” the party claimed.
The meeting also saw the NEC pledging full support for the party Co-founder and now Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman in the face of a damning child sodomy allegation.
The meeting of the NEC received four nominations for the Presidential Candidate, namely Khemraj Ramjattan, Nigel Hughes, Moses Nagamootoo and Cathy Hughes.
Nominations received for the Prime Ministerial Candidate were Raphael Trotman, Nigel Hughes, Cathy Hughes, Dr Verasammy Ramayya and David Patterson.
The decision on who will be elected the Presidential and Prime Ministerial candidates will be made when the party holds is biennial National Conference on October 25.
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