-says there is no evidence to support what he is saying

ACCUSATIONS which were levelled against the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) by leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC) that they (PPP) were attempting to “buy-out” Opposition Members of Parliament to vote against the no-confidence motion has been described as an “invention” by Leader of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Brigadier David Granger.

Granger who had only last week made this point that there was “no buying out” of his MPs, reiterated yesterday at his Party’s weekly press conference that Ramjattan’s claim is “an invention” adding that there is no evidence to support his revelations.
The AFC leader last week made the startling revelation that the ruling People’s Progressive Party was attempting to “buy-out” three Opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) to vote against their sponsored no-confidence motion which is expected to be tabled in the National Assembly next month.
Ramjattan had, however, assured that the three MPs who the PPP were attempting to “buy-out” were not aligned to the Alliance for Change and as such defended the integrity of his party. To this extent, he further disclosed that he has evidence to support the fact that the three MPs are from APNU.
Debunking these statements last week, leader of APNU, David Granger, seemingly shocked by this revelation made it known to the media that without a doubt, he is positive that the allegations against his MPs were not accurate. He further noted that measures have been put in place to ensure that no member of APNU falls prey to these allegations if they are indeed true.
Against this backdrop, Granger reassured that Ramjattan’s declarations are an invention and there is no evidence to support his claims. He continued: “No member of APNU has been approached for ‘30 pieces of silver’ and to vote in any way that is not in accordance with APNU’s policy” reiterating once more that he thinks it is a “complete invention.”
The seemingly confident AFC leader yesterday at a press conference once again disclosed that: “It is from deep within the PPP that I got that information…they want that as the option, they don’t have any other option and I thought it best to bring it out to the public.”
However, taking a sudden swing, he told the media that he cannot name the the MPs. “…I cannot name the names….this is clearly the truth and it has not brought any antagonism between the Alliance for Change and APNU,” he said.
To this extent he continued that: “…APNU has maintained the engagement with me that they have always had…in a couple of days we will be meeting with APNU to deal with the no-confidence motion.”
In response to the allegations, the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) last week issued a statement in which it deemed as “utter rubbish”, the so-called “public revelation” by the Alliance For Change (AFC) leader, Khemraj Ramjattan, that they ( the PPP/C) are attempting to “buy off” three parliamentarians at $30M each to vote against the ‘no-confidence’ motion.
The Party in their statement further noted that it rejects this outrageous allegation and as such, challenges Ramjattan to forthwith disclose, publicly, the names of the three parliamentarians to which he made reference and to further make a full and frank public disclosure of all or any information which he claims he has received in relation to this matter.
Since then, Ramjattan has failed to provide any evidence of his claims and to name either of the MPs who are allegedly being “buy-out.”

(By Ravin Singh)