These are the same fellas who’re all over the Government like a cheap suit for being “secretive” when Government officials are negotiating deals like the Marriott. And now they want coalition talks to be secret!!!
In negotiations with commercial entities, the latter most often demand secrecy because they don’t want their competition to get wind of their plans. But a coalition that’s been brewing for YEARS???!! What do they have to hide?!!
Well, one reason for Ramjattan and Nagamootoo playing ducks and drakes about hitching up with the PNC/APNU is frankly they were scared stiff about how their Berbice supporters would judge such a betrayal.
Ramjattan already confessed to this. Berbicians well remember the vicious racist victimisation they suffered at the hands of the PNC. They only voted for the AFC because they’d promised to support either the PPP/C or the PNC/APNU in Parliament depending on their stance on various issues.
But Prezzie’s announcement that elections will be definitely held this year forced the AFC out of the closet. After conniving with PNC/APNU to prevent the PPP/C from further developing the country since 2011, the AFC knows their duplicity’s been exposed. So the only reason they could possibly want the negotiations to be secret at this time is that they’re so ashamed of what’s gonna be revealed in SELLOUT to PNC/APNU, they wanna keep it under wraps until the last minute.
What could it be?? With the AFC that’s not hard to figure out – it always has to do with the chance to make a buck and getting their hands on power. The latter condition, of course, guarantees the former goal. Ramjattan had earlier backed Nagamootoo as the AFC’s Presidential Candidate. Because he knew that Nagamootoo had as much a chance of becoming President as a snowball has surviving in hell!!
But now that the coalition’s out in the open, Ramjattan’s gonna demand HE be made the Presidential Candidate. Hence, the secrecy. Taking letters from each party’s name, your Eyewitness understands it’ll be called a “Partnership Alliance for National Trust – Yes!” (PANTY).