LEADER of the Opposition Brigadier David Granger, yesterday, at A Partnership For National Unity’s (APNU) weekly press conference at his Hadfield Street office disclosed to the media that “APNU has not seen any motion of no-confidence in the Government.”

Granger was at the time responding to a question as to the outcome of the meeting held yesterday between members of A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance For Change (AFC) who are seeking to table a no-confidence motion against the present administration.
The Opposition leader explained that the meeting held yesterday was an exploratory one where the party (APNU) sought to reel in information from the AFC about “what they had in mind and what their intentions were” regarding the motion.
AFC’s vice-chairman Moses Nagamootoo last week indicated that the party was considering the movement of a no-confidence motion against the Government. Nagamootoo, in an article in Wednesday’s edition of the Stabroek News, under the headline ‘AFC considering no-confidence motion against Gov’t’, lamented that such a move is seriously being contemplated by his party. However, he acknowledged that a no-confidence motion would have to be supported by the main Opposition. Last Friday, APNU endorsed this possibility as a serious consideration.
According to Granger, however, “we are aware that an announcement was made by the AFC but we were not informed about the conditionality or about the actual text of the motion.”
He further stressed that APNU has not yet seen the motion and “we don’t know if a motion is being drafted” adding that it is not likely that there will be a no-confidence vote until other avenues are explored and have failed.
“In that regard APNU insisted that its main concern was to prevent the unauthorised expenditure of more funds and to put measures in place to prevent the Government from spending or from accessing funds which were not approved by the National Assembly. We are working with the AFC in order to ensure that the immediate aim of bringing a halt to unauthorised expenditure is achieved,” the Opposition Leader said.
Granger concluded by reiterating that as far as the motion is concerned, ”APNU has not seen any motion of no-confidence in the Government.”

(By Ravin Singh)