Opposition claims no-confidence vote still on cards

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AFC Leader Khemraj Ramjattan
AFC Leader
Khemraj Ramjattan

The Opposition parties A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) have claimed they will be going ahead with the motion of no-confidence against the Government, but not at this stage.

APNU Leader David Granger told Guyana Times International on Tuesday that the motion of no-confidence was still on the cards. He said while this may not be the first option of the Opposition parties, it was definitely still being considered and would be part of a slew of actions against the Government.

When further questioned, Granger declined to state definitively what those actions would be, but insisted that they would be aimed at making Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh answerable for the expenditure of Gy$4.5 billion from the Contingencies Fund.

The two parties met on Tuesday to finalise discussions on the motion, and, according to Granger, they will now be following a process. The Opposition Leader revealed that “what we decided… is on a process… we are concerned with how to deal with illegality” of the public funds’ expenditure by the Finance Minister. He went on to say that “a series of actions will be initiated… the motion will be a part of it, but it will not be the first option”.

Meanwhile, when GTI made contact with AFC Leader Khemraj Ramjattan on Tuesday, he declined to comment on the meeting beyond saying that the meeting did occur. Ramjattan told GTI:  “We (APNU and AFC) met today, but I am not at liberty to tell you what we discussed.”

The statements by the Opposition parties’ leaders come on the heels of threats to pursue legal action against Dr Singh over the spending of the Gy$4.5 billion. Dr Singh has maintained that his spending of the funds was constitutional.

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