AFC didn’t work hard enough to deserve more councillors- sources

As councilors for Guyana’s nine towns prepare to be sworn in following recently held Local Government Elections (LGE), word has surfaced in some quarters that the Alliance For Change (AFC) did not campaign enough and so was not entitled to be rewarded with more seats.

A top AFC official has said that party could not legitimately demand more proportional representation seats from A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) because the AFC did not work as hard as it should have in the run-up to the LGE.

On the matter of the absence of consultations between APNU and AFC for the allocation of seats, another top official attributed that to a breakdown in communication. The Working People’s Alliance (WPA), which is part of APNU, was not consulted before the names of the councilors were submitted to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

On the issue of an absence of consultations among constituents of the APNU+AFC coalition, APNU’s seasoned elections official, Amna Ally told Demerara Waves Online News that it was the Neighbourhood Democratic Councils and Towns that decided who should have been councilors. “This is not about names that submitted. This is about a process that took place within the NDCs and the Towns. We ,as leaders, really facilitated the coming together and putting it in semblance and so on but these are names that came from the communities” she said.

hahhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

That makes sense. Participants in local elections are normally candidates from the local area, who command large enough respect to get in the votes. Like the AFC wants something for nothing. 

just pnc takin over

That's the indirect consequence, not a planned state of affair. The AFC lot is just too much into what they can get out of being in government, instead at looking at political opportunities to justify the trust the voters put in them. I have not heard a single business plan from any of them.

any from the PNC

I am an AFC man, so I haven't taken the time to pay attention to what the PNC is putting forward. But Granger has taken the initiative with the actions he has carried out so far. From public relations to government agenda, he has led the field. The AFC seems to have an identity crisis. Vision before the election, which inspired me to support them, has now been downgraded to who is on TV or in te papers most. Rama and Naga are the only ones in the frame, and most of the time they are just standing there for a photo opportunity. Look how Granger goes round shaking hands, handing out bikes, kite, and what have you not, to people who are not even old enough to vote. But it matters not that they can't vote. He gives the impression that he understands the needs of those less fortunate in circumstances. Naga then runs out to do the exact same, get pictures taken to show he too is doing the same thing, but no ideas of his own.

afc getting pushed aside