The concentration of various powers in Minister Joseph Harmon was last night cited by the Alliance for Change (AFC) as the key reason for difficulties that have flared up around the government and it plans to raise this issue at Cabinet as a matter of “national importance”.
In its first major statement since the APNU+AFC government took office in May last year, the AFC also said the report of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the death of WPA Leader Walter Rodney provides an opportunity for national healing and reconciliation. This would put it at odds with coalition partner, APNU whose Leader, President David Granger, has repudiated the report.
The AFC has come under pressure in recent weeks to speak out on major issues that have arisen and following a previously unannounced leadership retreat yesterday it issued a statement on Harmon’s problems, the Rodney CoI and the raft of audits
