Veteran politician Moses Nagamootoo, now with the Alliance for Change (AFC) believes that his party should be given the speakership of the National Assembly even if it has to secure some votes from the governing People’s Progressive Party/Civic.
“The Speaker of the National Assembly must receive at least 51 per cent of the votes of the House so it is up to APNU [A Partnership for National Unity] to endorse the AFC’s candidate. If not, it should be open season for the AFC to solicit the votes from the PPP for its candidate,” Nagamootoo told Stabroek News in an exclusive interview.
The former PPP Central Committee member acknowledged that the three parties can legitimately nominate their
