Nagamootoo got nothing for his pains except a hard, back bench seat-PPP

The ruling People's Progressive Party (PPP) yesterday issued a statement which chided the two opposition parties for the way in which they collaborated to obtain both Speaker and Deputy Speaker positions in the National Assembly. The party accused the Alliance For Change (AFC) of gleefully facilitating APNU in its majoritarian drive by unceremoniously dumping Moses Nagamootoo in favour of former member of the Central Executive of the PNC, Raphael Trotman.

The PPP charged that Khemraj Ramjattan had claimed that Nagamootoo was responsible for what he described as the favorable election result for APNU and the AFC and of influencing Berbice voters in favour of the AFC. And while showering Nagamootoo with such praises he extended no sympathy to him, or justification to the AFC’s Berbice supporters, who Nagamootoo allegedly took to that party. According to the PPP, this came after Nagamootoo was initially promised a Vice Presidency if the AFC won the elections and then the Speakership after the elections; all promises which were never fulfilled. The party said Nagamootoo got nothing for his pains except a hard, back bench seat.

In light of what it termed "the new political dispensation", the Party expressed its willingness to work with all stakeholders including the political opposition, the social and religious organizations, trade unions and all NGO’s in the furtherance of the development agenda of the country.