Dr Richard Van West-Charles, a former health minister in the PNC government, today announced that he joined the AFC campaign, saying it is the only party going to the elections that has moved away from race politics.
The announcement was made at a news briefing at the AFCβs campaign headquarters, where former PPP member Rajendra Bissessar was also presented as new member of the partyβs team and he said that the party was in talks to recruit former PPP/C Minister Moses Nagamootoo./b]
Van West-Charles, who is the son-in-law of late former president and PNC founder Forbes Burnham, returned to Guyana two years ago after an early retirement from PAHO/WHO, where he worked for 19 years.
He subsequently launched a campaign to be the leader of the main opposition PNCR, but later threw his support behind the late Winston Murray in his bid to be the PNCR leader. Murray, however, lost to incumbent leader Robert Corbin at party elections.
He said that the AFC was welcoming to persons from both the PPP/C and the PNCR without forcing them to conform to a party agenda.
[b] This could very well be be the game changer for this election. If only they can succeed in reviving the comatose Nagamottoo, the timid Navin Chanderpal, Komal Chand and a few others from both the PPP and APNU then someone better get their beagle to retrieve a Dead Duck from the pond
The announcement was made at a news briefing at the AFCβs campaign headquarters, where former PPP member Rajendra Bissessar was also presented as new member of the partyβs team and he said that the party was in talks to recruit former PPP/C Minister Moses Nagamootoo./b]
Van West-Charles, who is the son-in-law of late former president and PNC founder Forbes Burnham, returned to Guyana two years ago after an early retirement from PAHO/WHO, where he worked for 19 years.
He subsequently launched a campaign to be the leader of the main opposition PNCR, but later threw his support behind the late Winston Murray in his bid to be the PNCR leader. Murray, however, lost to incumbent leader Robert Corbin at party elections.
He said that the AFC was welcoming to persons from both the PPP/C and the PNCR without forcing them to conform to a party agenda.
[b] This could very well be be the game changer for this election. If only they can succeed in reviving the comatose Nagamottoo, the timid Navin Chanderpal, Komal Chand and a few others from both the PPP and APNU then someone better get their beagle to retrieve a Dead Duck from the pond