Parties split on speaker

Khemraj Ramjattan

By Mark McGowan and Johann Earle

President Donald Ramotar recently met with opposition groups A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) and pushed for Ralph Ramkarran to be returned as Speaker of the National Assembly, but neither of them is in support of the proposal.

AFC Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan, during a press briefing yesterday, indicated that Ramotar and other government officials had met with a delegation from the AFC on Tuesday evening. Prime Minister Sam Hinds, Dr Roger Luncheon and Gail Teixeira formed the delegation from the government, while the AFC team included Ramjattan, Gerhard Ramsaroop, David Patterson and Dominic Gaskin.

Ramjattan said that the matter