THE Alliance For Change’s (AFC) National Conference will be held in January and for the first time will take place in Region Three.Acting Chairman of the party and Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo on Friday disclosed that while the date for the conference has not yet been confirmed, a National Conference Planning Committee has been established.
This committee has commenced work to ensure the conference is a success.
“The party’s Regional Management Committee for Region Three is integrally involved in the planning of the National Conference,” the Prime Minister told reporters.
He noted that the National Conference held biennially, will also see the election of executives of the party.
“The positions of leader, chairman, vice-chairman, general-secretary and treasurer are expected to be contested. This will be the first National Conference since the party has been in Government as part of the APNU+AFC coalition,” he added.
Asked whether he would be contesting for a post on the executive, the Prime Minister said, “I am not sure at this point, I suppose if I am nominated… I’d think about it at that time.”
Prime Minister Nagamootoo could not state who some of the nominees for the varying posts within the executive are, but advised that “a routine has to be followed.”
He explained that the conference committee would send out nomination forms to every group within the party as well as to every region and those bodies will submit their nominations to the committee.
The last National Conference was held in December 2014.