October 14, 2023
Georgetown, Guyana.
For immediate release to all media houses.
PRESS RELEASE
The Alliance For Change concludes a successful meeting of its
National Executive Committee
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Alliance For Change (AFC) concluded its meeting today renewing its commitment to ensuring that a fair and equitable dispensation in the allocation of our national resources be to the benefit for all Guyanese.
The meeting included presentations from the Leader of the AFC, Khemraj Ramjattan MP, who discussed the present political and economic situation, the high cost of living and inflation, the internal infights within the PPP and that Party’s bad governance especially concerning the Exxon contract and discrimination in infrastructural contracts. Mr. Ramjattan asked that AFC party activists be seen more publicly despite the victimization and fear the PPP inculcates.
Chairman of the AFC Cathy Hughes MP, reported to the group on the recently concluded successful meeting with the US Congressional Black Caucus and the party’s participation in the diaspora conference in Washington DC.
The AFC’s regional representatives in their reports highlighted the continued unfair allocation of government contracts to persons with limited experience and the resulting low quality of infrastructure works. The consistency of this issue across all regions and the incidence of corrupt practices continues to be alarming.
Of grave concern were reports from Region 1, 3, 7, 8 and 9 of the large number of Venezuelans that are residing in these region supposedly undocumented. Substantiated reports were received of these Venezuelans overrunning region 1 including the Warrau district and PPP officials preparing birth certificate forms for Venezuelans at the office of the Prime Minister’s representative. The Alliance For Change notes with grave concern this occurrence given our sensitive border controversy with Venezuela.
As part of the AFC’s discussion on the way forward the Party stressed the need for constitutional reform especially in post elections coalition, the need for legislation to facilitate biometrics and the residency requirement for a new voters list all prior to the next national and regional elections. END
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