I, like my colleagues, have been inundated with questions, petitions and even insults relating to the position of the Alliance for Change (AFC) on the matter of becoming part of APNU. I tender these thoughts as much for the benefit of the AFC faithful as for members of the public as a whole.

When I left the PNC in 2005, having neither been thrown out or having left in anger and with thoughts of revenge, I decided to encourage Khemraj to join me in creating a new political force, I envisioned, and intended, that new movement to be a movement for change, that is to say that we would deliver to the people of Guyana that peace and stability, collective vision and togetherness that had eluded us for more than forty years. We were to be the party that built rather than destroyed.  We were to represent the children of our parents who had locked themselves into an epic and unending battle. We were to construct a new house for ourselves and children, and if the possibility arose, to even invite our parents, …..