Moses fraudulent ascension in the AFC

By Haseef Yusuf

It must be noted with extreme interest that Moses Nagamootoo’s political ambitions have pervaded the AFC’s strategies and policies since the General Elections of 2011. The Budget cuts, the assassination of vitally important Bills and projects and its inputs into violent and racially motivated protests at Linden and Agricola were all done in pursuance of that man’s ambition – to depose of the PPP/C Government and to install himself as the President of the land.

From the very inception of Nagamootoo’s entry into the AFC, the Constitution of the AFC was spuriously cast aside in order to facilitate him on the AFC’s Candidates’ List.

He had to be given Member of Parliament status as soon as he joined the AFC, just a few weeks before the 2011 elections. Long standing members were thrown aside to make way for him.

For instance, hardworking party members such as Latchmin Punalall and her husband Dr Sewnauth Punalall were collateral damages in Khemraj Ramjattan’s scheme of things. This is in direct violation of the constitutional provisions and an insult to these long-standing members.

Then in the 2012 AFC Conference, Nagamootoo was again propelled forward. This time in direct violation of Articles 7 Sub-section (c) and Article 7 Section (8). He was made the Vice Chairman of the AFC.

Again, the AFC Constitution was willfully violated and the election obscenely rigged to facilitate Nagamootoo. These Articles spoke about “election” of Leader, Chairman and Vice-Chairman, not “selection”.

Furthermore, it states that a member will only be eligible to vote after being a member for one year. How come Nagamootoo was on the AFC’s Candidates’ List and was elevated to Vice-Chairman in July 2012.

In July 2012, Nagamootoo did not have a one-year membership status to entitle him to even vote at that conference! Long-standing stalwarts of the AFC, such as Gerhard Ramsaroop and others never stood a chance. The internal machinations of the AFC were skewed in favour of Nagamootoo.

Then at the Conference, the AFC Leader soundly and comprehensively kicked the Constitution when he unconstitutionally endorsed Nagamootoo as the AFC’s Presidential Candidate.

This is in direct violation of Article 18, Sections (1) and (2). This Article speaks about consultation with Party Groups, proposal and recommendations of the National Executive Committee and ratification at the National Conference.

What does Mr Nigel Hughes think of these AFC Constitutional breaches?

Let us now go back to the launching of the AFC. The AFC leaders at that time made an unwritten convention that became the guiding principle in the nomination of its Presidential Candidate.

They said that the Presidential Candidate’s position will be rotated between a Black and an Indian person – between Ramjattan and Raphael Trotman. We saw that Trotman become the first Presidential Candidate in 2006 and then Ramjattan in 2011.

Now in 2015, that founding principle is being violated so that once again Nagamootoo is propelled closer to fulfilling his political ambitions. This time he is the Presidential Candidate of the AFC. But wait, it does not stop there!

Realising that the AFC has a snowball’s chance in Hell to win any election in this country and in order to increase the probability of Nagamootoo’s ascension to the Presidency, the AFC is proposing a coalition with the PNC/APNU, whereby they are proposing that the man be made the Presidential Candidate of the APNU/AFC coalition.

The above illustration is clear that the AFC’s goals are to satisfy their lust for power and vengeance.

I want to now draw to the readers’ attention to the AFC’s Action Plan (Second Edition) to illustrate that the only change that the AFC’s leadership is interested is the change to fulfill their own selfish political agenda.

In that document, Ramjattan, the AFC’s Presidential Candidate at the time, strongly and convincingly stated that “the Alliance For Change is the key to unlock us from the divisive racial politics of the past. Over four decades of the PNC and PPP/C Governments have left us all bruised, weary and hopeless. We must acknowledge the sins of our past.”

These sentiments were also echoed by the Prime Ministerial Candidate in the same 2011 AFC’s Action Plan. He stated emphatically that, “I am convinced that we are wiser from the mistakes of the past. For 45 years Guyana has had the same parties making turns in all the wrong directions, disappointing and betraying its citizens.”

The AFC and its leadership have made abundantly clear that they are going to be different from the PNC and the PPP/C and by implication that they will never coalesce with either of them, so why is the AFC willing to form a coalition with the PNC/APNU who have comprehensively bankrupted this nation?

The AFC has continuously violated its own Constitution and its founding principles. Can this nefarious band of Bacchus’ disciples, chameleons, charlatans, hypocrites, opportunists, and power-hungry vipers be allowed to get into power?

The answer is a resounding NO!

taken from http://www.newguymedia.com

The Ministry of Finance in a statement in response to the Alliance for Change(AFC) chided that party's ignorance on the reason for the decline in Guyana’s foreign reserves. The Ministry said the AFC engaged in reckless speculation when its Vice Chairman, Moses Nagamootoo inferred that the external reserves can be “dipped into” for the purposes of financing government expenditure.

The MOF described this as being "without basis or merit" and stated that the party's statement is reflective of an alarming lack of familiarity with both basic operations of government finance and recent developments in the economy.

The Finance Ministry said "one does not need a single modicum of formal training to be aware that gold prices have been falling recently, that this would affect export receipts and in turn overall balance of payments, and ultimately that this would impact external reserves'.

extracted from http://www.newguymedia.com