THE Alliance For Change (AFC) on Saturday commissioned an office in the mining town of Linden. The office is located on Burnham Drive, Wismar.At the simple commissioning ceremony were Minister of Business, Dominique Gaskin; Member of Parliament Audwin Rutherford; Chairman of the Regional Management Committee, Norman Federicks; Deputy Mayor of Linden, Waneka Arrindell; Head of GINA, Beverly Alert; and other executive members of the AFC.

Minister Gaskin, in his short address, commended the regional members for materializing the initiative of decentralizing the functions of the party by having an office available.
“It is a sign of stability, and we hope that it would be the beginning of a new membership drive and that it would be a home for Youths for Change and Women for Change to meet and to do party business,” he said.

Gaskin said he was extremely pleased about the development, and would give full support to the Region’s contributions to the overall development of the party.

Deputy Mayor Waneka Arrindell told the audience that the AFC arm of the coalition government is indeed important, and the AFC Councillors on the municipality, Devin Sears and Derek Collins, have made positive contributions to the functioning of the municipality.

Chairman of the Regional Management Committee, Norman Federicks, said the driving force behind the opening of the office is the interest displayed by many Lindeners, who often ask about a central location in which they can get involved and join the membership.

“Persons sharing the AFC ideology can come and join and become a member of the party,” he said.

According to AFC Executive Member and Chairman of the regional Youth For Change group, Devin Sears, the facility will be used as a multipurpose complex. “The important thing about it all is that we took it to Wismar because Wismar has the largest population, and there is a lot of work in terms of training and so that we have to do over there; so there will be various training, youth initiatives, and so on,” Sears pointed out.

Party members holding prominent positions in the Region are Regional Vice Chairman Elroy Adolph and Regional Representative of the Prime Minister, Vladimir Glasgow. The AFC Office is expected to commence operations on Monday. This will be the AFC’s third party office in Linden. A Partnership for National Unity and the People’s Progressive Party already have functioning offices there.