AFC has deviated from tenets it was founded on

IT has been more than a year since the AFC’s national conference where motions were passed and resolutions were made and as I do a reflection of what had transpired from then to now, it becomes clear that this party has long since deviated from tenets on which it was founded. Of the three founding members, only Ramjattan remains and it becomes more and more apparent that he has been held hostage to the views and political whims of some ‘Johnnies come lately.’ In order to keep the party together, he has to give in to them, exhibiting a total disregard for the voices of the common members and supporters.

Those out there who are of the wrong notion that the AFC is a cohesive unit is so far from the truth: there are two camps within the AFC- those who came from the PPP and those who came from the PNC and it is clear that those from the PNC have dominated most of the senior positions within the AFC, while those that came from the PPP with vengeance in their minds have secured the remaining positions. Therefore, persons like myself who felt that the AFC will never affiliate with the PNC are in absolute error! So now we have the AFC members who support the PNC and the AFC members who support the PPP. However, the good thing is many in the latter group are now of the opinion that the PPP/C is the only way forward and come the next election will make their way back home!
The latest Hughes’ fiasco has convinced a lot of them that I was correct about cronyism and corruption within the party and that the AFC’s leadership is impotent to deal with those issues, because ‘all are involved and all are consumed’.
The AFC leadership has recognised that those members and supporters that they have cunningly wooed from the PPP will return home and that was the main reason why they voted for the Amaila Hydro Project. But this façade was only part of the lies and deceptions that they so inherently are disposed to enact. They knew that for the Amaila Project to be given life it has to be a unanimous decision in parliament and that the PNC will never vote for it. Therefore they had everything to gain by voting for it- they will try to craftily hoodwink those members and supporters who have seen enough of the AFC’s insane and obscene alliance with the PNC.
If the AFC leadership is really interested in economic and social development and are interested in making the ‘right turn’, then they should use their votes to support  and restore the inappropriate and vindictive budget cuts and distance themselves from the PNC’s destabilisation programme.
It is time that the AFC’s leadership realise that Berbicians are not pawns of anyone and can think independently. It is time to support the CJIA expansion, the Money Laundering Bill, the GPL allocation, the Specialty Hospital and all those projects that will improve the daily lives of Guyanese. If you don’t, then your apparent support of the Amaila Project is just part of the drama of lies and deception and you will lose your support base!


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