Trotman named AFC prime ministerial candidate

Raphael Trotman

The Alliance For Change (AFC) duo that captured five parliamentary seats in 2006 were reunited yesterday with the election of party leader, Raphael Trotman as the prime ministerial candidate for the upcoming general elections, though now the positions are reversed.

Trotman’s elevation was widely expected following the withdrawal of senior party member Shelia Holder from the position due to illness. However, at a special meeting of the AFC’s National Executive Committee yesterday, party executive Cathy Hughes’s hat was also in the ring, albeit briefly, before she withdrew her candidacy and threw her support behind Trotman who was then elected unanimously.

Trotman along with the party’s presidential candidate, Khemraj Ramjattan will spearhead the AFC’s campaign leading up to general elections which are expected to be held before the end of the