Press and Publicity Officer to the President Mr. Kwame McCoy has described a statement by the Alliance For Change (AFC) that he funded a picket exercise against its leaders as a clever ploy to detract from the party not answering questions asked by Guyanese.

In a statement last evening, Mr. McCoy said,” The wild and misguided statement by the Alliance For Change today which accused me of organising a picket exercise against AFC leaders is cleverly designed to deflect attention from the issues not answered to the satisfaction of Guyanese.“

The allegations that the AFC is funded by drug money and Ramjattan’s repeated sale of his duty-free vehicle obtained as a parliamentarian are some of the issues the protesters highlighted and demanded answers from the AFC,” Mr. McCoy said.

Obviously these issues question the integrity of the AFC leaders by concerned Guyanese who are interested in having answers, instead of attempting to make me the subject of the protest action.

Why does the AFC believe society would not demand their leaders to be accountable and answerable for their actions, even as an opposition party?

The AFC is in the constant habit of throwing around spurious allegations about the PPP and its leaders but becomes most outraged by the demands of others to answer charges implicating the AFC.

“The AFC’S reference about achieving first force status is gimmickry and mythical, failing to impress Guyanese who are well aware that the AFC is a loyal extension of the PNCR, serving as a satellite movement,” according to Mr. McCoy.