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Guyana opposition speaker proposal slammed by ruling party members

Monday, January 09, 2012
Source - Caribbean360

Presidential Advisor on Governance Gail Teixeira said the APNU and AFC could harm efforts to move the business of the country forward. (Photo: gina.gov.gy)

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Monday January 9, 2012 - Representatives of the ruling People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) have given the thumbs down to an opposition proposal to rotate the post of speaker of the National Assembly.

Presidential Advisor on Governance Gail Teixeira and Parliamentary representative to the Ministry of Health Joseph Hamilton said the suggestion was ambiguous and unrealistic.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and Alliance for Change (AFC), both of which want their representatives appointed speaker, recently agreed to the compromise to end the impasse that arose in the wake of the November 28 general election.

The two parties combined, control the majority of parliamentary seats - 26 for the APNU and seven for the AFC.

Teixeira said the duration in which the rotating speakers will serve is unclear, and this could stymie the business of the National Assembly.

“APNU and AFC in their haste to try to be very counterproductive are really going to harm any effort of really trying to move the business of this country forward,” Teixeira said.

“You have APNU and AFC trying to divvy up parliament as if it is their property, ignoring the fact that the PPP got the majority of the votes… so it appears as if APNU, AFC want to come to the PPP government… and say take it or leave it. It flies in the face of any notion that they portrayed to the electorate prior to the elections and during the campaign that this is about national unity and partnership,” the presidential advisor added.

Hamilton said it is unclear whether the term of the speaker will be brought to the Parliament through a resolution or vote for ratification.

He said too that indecisiveness in the opposition camp in selecting a speaker has resulted in the business of the nation being put on hold.

“There is definitiveness on this matter; the parliament has to be convened. The nation cannot forever…” he stated.

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Trotman is fooling himself with his political rhetoric
Written by T. KING
Sunday, 08 January 2012 23:56
RAPHAEL Trotman unlikely for 10th Parliament "Kaieteur News dated Saturday January 7, 2012": “I will not be involved in the business of playing politics or being in the Chamber for the sake of being here knowing that my ability to offer genuine representation is stymied or non-existent.” Trotman had told the House that “we desperately need a President, (and a government), who demonstrates the capacity, ability and willingness to bridge the ethnic and political divide to confront and address legacy issues that spurn hate and revenge; to forge a culture of accountability and acknowledgement that creates the atmosphere for forgiveness and reconciliation; and to put Guyana and all of its people first, and not ego, blind ambition, ethnicity, gender, religious belief, age, and even sexual orientation, if I am to be politically correct.”

Raphael Trotman could only be fooling himself with his political rhetoric.
Maybe he is looking for sympathy and wants others in the AFC to go on their knees begging him to stay on and fight the good fight with his political bosses in the PNC.
Most Guyanese see Raphael Trotman as an opportunistic politician as when things do not go his way he cries and wants to pick up the ball and leave the play ground spouting, ranting and raving about fairplay.
When Raphael Trotman and his cohort sidekicks in AFC tried to push Ramjattan out of an agreed rotation agreement, Trotman was enjoying it until the people of the street started asking what happened to rotation.
Trotman and his AFC cohorts tried to wiggle their way out by saying "rotation would occur only if AFC had won the 2006 election" what a load of crock.
Trotman refused to play second fiddle to Ramjattan after Trotman and his AFC cohorts were trapped into making Ramjattan presidential candidate of AFC for the 2011 election.
AFC then named Sheila Holder as prime ministerial candidate, but unfortunately she got sick and died.
It was only after the lady's death that Trotman's AFC cohorts begged him to work as second fiddle to Ramjattan which Trotman could not refuse, since Moses came over from the PPP/C to join AFC.
Why do Guyanese think Trotman and his AFC cohorts never bothered to campaign heavily in PNC strongholds?
Trotman wanted Ramjattan to fail, but it backfired on him and his AFC cohorts when AFC gained seven seats in Parliament.
Yes, I repeat what I said. Trotman wanted Ramjattan to fail so Trotman’s cohorts in the AFC would beg him to lead the AFC again because of rotation.
Trotman said: "We desperately need a President." Well I have news for you Trotman. Donald Ramotar is yours and President of all Guyanese like it or not, since the Guyanese people spoke on elections day.
Trotman said we need a president and government, who will demonstrate the capacity, ability and willingness to bridge the ethnic and political divide"
Deadly questions for Raphalel Trotman now! I wish he would be given space to respond.
Why was Chantalle Smith sitting in Parliament over Gaumattie Singh?
Was it for as what you said, "wages"?
Were you not playing the race card with Chantalle Smith an Afro-Guyanese woman picked over Gaumattie Singh, an Indian woman?
Were you Trotman putting all Guyanese first when you did that to Gaumattie Singh, or because Indian Gaumattie Singh is not considered Guyanese in your thinking capacity?
Trotman, you are indeed politically correct because you chose Afro first and foremost as Guyanese and none Afros as not Guyanese.

Source: Guyana Chronicle
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Imagine the PPP crying about the race card. Only when they were embarrassed by Freddie K, Nigel Hughes and Roger Luncheon did they address the disgrace which is their overseas based Ambassadorships. Any PPP incompentent(Killaman) can be named ambassador to an important slot once he is a PPP Indian.
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Originally posted by caribj:
Imagine the PPP crying about the race card. Only when they were embarrassed by Freddie K, Nigel Hughes and Roger Luncheon did they address the disgrace which is their overseas based Ambassadorships. Any PPP incompentent(Killaman) can be named ambassador to an important slot once he is a PPP Indian.


Who in the PNC is competent?
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Gail "Wikileaks" Taxiera, Joseph "House-of-Isreal" Hamilton, Kwami "Child Molestor" Mc Coy, Odinga "Dlphin" Lamumba.....are all losers... like Demerara_Guy, Albert, Big_Seed and Rama-Kunt
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