“AFC no longer has a voice at City Hall” – Jaikaran
…says the party was kicked to the curb
…as Chase Green re-elected Mayor and Akeem Peter Deputy
Georgetown’s outgoing Deputy Mayor and Alliance For Change (AFC) Councillor, Lionel Jaikaran says that his party has now been kicked to the curb at City Hall following the re-election of Mayor Patricia Chase Green and subsequent election of Councillor Akeem Peter as Deputy Mayor.
The Deputy Mayor made the comment after his AFC colleague, Councillor Sherod Duncan, was denied the opportunity to nominate him for the position of Deputy Mayor.
Following the Mayoral Election, Chase Green took her place at the head of the
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horseshoe table and opened the floor for nominations for the position of Deputy Mayor and both Duncan and Chase Green’s People’s National Congress (PNC) colleague, Councillor Oscar Clarke, rose to nominate their candidates.
However, Clarke was allowed to nominate his choice, which was Councillor Akeem Peter, and Duncan had to take his seat. Immediately after, Councillor Ivelaw Henry rose to second the nomination after which both Duncan and Councillor Tricia Richards both stood up resulting in the Mayor asking one of them to be seated.
When they both remained standing, she was asked to recognise one Councillor and she chose to listen to her other PNC colleague, Richards, who then successfully moved a motion for nominations to be closed resulting in Duncan being denied the opportunity to speak.
It was that scenario that prompted Jaikaran’s comment, signalling some amount of bad blood between the coalition partners.
“In the process, Local Government democracy at City Hall represents that the AFC
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