Georgetown : Opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo responding to the Alliance For Change (AFC) which forms the colation Government, on the claim that it had no role in the appointment of Mr. David Patterson as the GECOM Chairman, Jagdeo disclosed that the AFC Leader, Raphael Trotman, was, in fact, included in at least two of the meetings he held with President on the issue of appointing a GECOM Chairperson. “The AFC lied to the nation, when they said they had no part in the process,” he said.
Jagdeo dubbed the AFC as a “spent political force” that is now focused on defending the actions of the government, regardless of the consequences, while they enjoy the perks of office.
He added that the AFC is attempting to covey that it is maintaining a “position of principle,” when the reality is quite different.
Jagdeo also took on the AFC, which claimed that Granger’s unilateral and unlawful appointment of a GECOM Chairman, averted a “looming constitution crisis” in Guyana. “What is the constitutional crisis they are talking about?” he questioned.
On that note, the Opposition Leader explained that when he talked about a constitution crisis, last Thursday (October 19, 2017), he was referring to a possible delay in the holding of General and Regional elections, come 2020 – and that this was the scenario that could throw the country into a constitutional crisis.
