President Granger challenges “Dead Meat” AFC to show its electoral support at the LGE

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Former Member

Dear Editor,
President David Grange, leader of the People’s National Congress (PNC) and the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) enjoys a wise decision on separate Local Government Election for the Alliance For Change (AFC). This is a challenge for the AFC to establish its support. The Cummingsburg Accord, after its initial three years of generous political benevolent parliamentary and executive gifts, undeserved to the AFC, should be reviewed. The rewards, concessions should be based on electoral support which may mean down grading ministerial portfolios, and reducing its numbers in the national Assembly, and Cabinet.
The national community recalls that Khemraj Ramjattan had predicted shortly before the 2015 national elections that his political party, the AFC, would become “dead meat” should it team up with PNC/APNU.
Well it had subsequently contested the elections under the banner of APNU/AFC and with the active campaigning by the party’s leaders – Ramjattan, Nagamootoo, Trotman, Patterson and others of the party. Having teamed up with APNU, the AFC claimed that it brought in some 11 per cent of the votes; and the AFC leaders and members were given some 40 per cent of parliamentary seats and ministerial positions in the Granger-led Government.
While the AFC faction was given large and important Ministries, including Public Infrastructure, Agriculture, Public Safety, and the Prime Minister position with attractive and substantially enhanced remuneration packages which motivated them, at every opportunity, to sing loudly for their supper without rocking the Government boat.
This gives the facade of a powerful partnership with ministerial titles and parliamentary seats; but the PNC kept them in their places so that they support without a squeak of opposition to all the actions of the PNC leader and President, who is dominantly and totally in control of the grouping, having remunerated them well, and with the magnificent ministerial and job titles. However, their conduct and performance of their lawful public duties can only be evaluated as third-raters.
Their campaign was deceptive, fooling part of the People’s Progressive Party base, offering them “a good, and even a better life”. The AFC sold out to the PNC.
The rice farmers, and the thousands of sugar workers who were vindictively, spitefully, racial and political discrimination, dismissed and placed on the bread line as their 2017 Christmas gifts for themselves, their families, and surrounding communities, now agree and confirm the “dead meat” status of ‘political prophet’ Ramjattan.
Let Trotman tell nation of his half-hearted campaign, how many votes he brought to the coalition and the secret ‘Nassau’ understanding with Granger. Many, like prophet Ramjattan, predict that Trotman is easing his way back into the PNC with an eye on a leadership position in the PNC.
The declared results of the 2015 elections gave the combination a one seat majority with a one vote win of the seat for Region Eight. Some people argue that we have a Government with a one seat which was won by one vote and consequently a one vote majority Government.
The reported declaration by Trotman and other AFC leaders that the AFC was considering contesting the 2018 Local Government Elections independently is welcome news. The reality of this is good and will confirm whether their status as “dead meat” or otherwise. It would be useful information for Granger’s assessment. The voters may be required to bury the “dead meat” AFC party or freeze the meat. The voters will not be fooled again.
President Granger, let the National Assembly and the Cabinet reflect the electoral strengths for the parties through radical changes – Cabinet reshuffle and review of composition of the National Assembly.

Yours faithfully,
Joshua Singh

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Former Member

AFC is now a liability to APN. President Granger needs to pull of a knife and skin them up.

11/10/188:51 PM

Billy Ram BalgobinBilly

They will have to accept whatever the PNC gives them or walk.

11/10/189:16 PM

Former Member

Billy Ram Balgobin posted:
They will have to accept whatever the PNC gives them or walk.

They are stuck, they will now have to take whatever scraps are thrown at them. They will end up in the garbage bin if they walk.

11/10/189:56 PM

Former Member

Billy Ram Balgobin posted:
They will have to accept whatever the PNC gives them or walk.

They are stuck, they will now have to take whatever scraps are thrown at them. They will end up in the garbage bin if they walk.

11/10/189:56 PM

Billy Ram BalgobinBilly

Yuji22

The arrogance of the PNC tells me that everyone, including the AFC can go to hell. These people still have the Burnhamist mondset

11/10/1810:00 PM

Former Member

Billy Ram Balgobin posted:
Yuji22
The arrogance of the PNC tells me that everyone, including the AFC can go to hell. These people still have the Burnhamist mondset

On this I will agree with you completely. They seem to be in full revenge mode against the PPP rather than think differently and come up with strategies that would end our ethnic adversarial plight that is our economic developmental trap. Given their attitude we are in for a fractious, and viciously tribal future. It means Indians be dammed for jobs and access to our oil cash.

Blame the PPP for that. Even now the kleptocrat is their spokes person. One gets no messages of a difference from any different person. The PPP has no young creative voice. They remain ideologically bound and institutionally crippled. They continue in the tradition of democratic centralism where every person has to work up a specificity party ladder. By the time anyone get to the top their minds are calcified with party ideology and as uncreative a a worm.

With each party taking the stance they have welcome to another decade of stultified political bombast, kleptocracy and complete knavery of all sorts that only serves to keep our people grovelingly poor.

11/11/188:01 AM

Former Member

D2 posted:
Billy Ram Balgobin posted:
Yuji22
The arrogance of the PNC tells me that everyone, including the AFC can go to hell. These people still have the Burnhamist mondset
On this I will agree with you completely. They seem to be in full revenge mode against the PPP rather than think differently and come up with strategies that would end our ethnic adversarial plight that is our economic trap.

Back in 2011 I told the AFC guys I don't trust the PNCites in the APNU. They being nice to the AFC, but once they get power, they will chew us up and spit us out! But they were all hell-bent on seeing the back of BJ!! Then came Nagamootoo, BJ hater in chief!!

11/11/188:08 AM

Former Member

Baseman posted:
D2 posted:
Billy Ram Balgobin posted:
Yuji22
The arrogance of the PNC tells me that everyone, including the AFC can go to hell. These people still have the Burnhamist mondset
On this I will agree with you completely. They seem to be in full revenge mode against the PPP rather than think differently and come up with strategies that would end our ethnic adversarial plight that is our economic trap.
Back in 2011 I told the AFC guys I don't trust the PNCites in the APNU. They being nice to the AFC, but once they get power, they will chew us up and spit us out! But they were all hell-bent on seeing the back of BJ!! Then came Nagamootoo, BJ hater in chief!!

Temperance, patience and deep thinking are not virtues of our people.

11/11/188:11 AM

Former Member

D2 posted:
Baseman posted:
D2 posted:
Billy Ram Balgobin posted:
Yuji22
The arrogance of the PNC tells me that everyone, including the AFC can go to hell. These people still have the Burnhamist mondset
On this I will agree with you completely. They seem to be in full revenge mode against the PPP rather than think differently and come up with strategies that would end our ethnic adversarial plight that is our economic trap.
Back in 2011 I told the AFC guys I don't trust the PNCites in the APNU. They being nice to the AFC, but once they get power, they will chew us up and spit us out! But they were all hell-bent on seeing the back of BJ!! Then came Nagamootoo, BJ hater in chief!!
Temperance, patience and deep thinking are not virtues of our people.

An independent AFC, even with just a few seats, would have commanded power as in the tail wagging the dog! Without them, noting would have passed with a majority vote. But Nagamootoo, the selfish dumb hateful fool, he said he ain't there for #3 and overruled Ramjattan! Now he ain't even # naught!!!

11/11/189:24 AM

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