On Saturday, GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC -The opposition party Alliance For Change (AFC) voted in well-known Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes as its new leader and Quantity Surveyor David Patterson as its new Chairman in landslide victories against their rivals.
Party sources confirmed that Hughes won 149 votes to defeat Sherod Duncan for the party’s leadership, while Patterson secured 150 votes against Juretha Fernandes’ 69 to take the party’s chairmanship.
Cityparty’sr Michael Carrington is the party’s vice chairman, and AFC founder-member Attorney-at-Law Raphael Trotman assumes the post of General Secretary by acclamation.
Trotman, a former Minister of Natural Resources in the 2015-2020 APNU+AFC administration, is now back in active political life, having endured severe health setbacks in recent years.
The Returning Officer is Christopher Ram, and his Deputy is Trevor Benn.
Mr Hughes is on record saying he can be the combined opposition’s presidential candidate.
The People’s National Congress Reform’s incumbent leader, Aubrey Norton, expressed openness to the idea of a consensus opposition presidential candidate, a move that could significantly impact the upcoming elections.
That party, which is expected to return Mr Norton as leader at its elections on Sunday, was also due to consider a motion that its presidential candidate would be the PNCR’s leader.
Outgoing AFC leader and party co-founder Attorney-at-Law Khemraj Ramjattan had opted not to run for any of the top party positions but said he would be available to remain on the executive.
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