Trotman says will not contest AFC leadership

Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman (right) extends a hand to Deputy Speaker Deborah Backer as they left Parliament at the end of the opening of the 10th Sitting on Thursday. (Photo by Anjuli Persaud)

Given his recent election as Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman said, his days as leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC) will soon be over.

“I think my days as leader will soon come to an end,” Trotman told Stabroek News recently. The AFC, he said, plans to hold its biennial conference in March and he will not seek re-election as leader. He indicated that even before he was elected Speaker he had decided not to contest