In a day of fast moving political events swirling around the Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, the Chairman of the Alliance for Change, Nigel Hughes has tendered his resignation.
His resignation followed a statement last night from the AFC which said that the problems now besetting the APNU+AFC government stem from the concentration of powers in Harmon and that the AFC would raise this matter at Cabinet.
It would appear that not all of the senior AFC members agreed with the press release and this triggered Hughes’s resignation.
A statement from the AFC follows:
The Alliance For Change confirms that at a statutory Management Committee meeting of the party today, Chairman Nigel Hughes made an announcement with regard to his Chairmanship of the party.
Party Leader Khemraj Ramjattan, who was present at the meeting, subsequently spoke with Mr. Hughes and a meeting is arranged for Tuesday, April 12th.
The party confirms unequivocally that the statement issued on April 10th following its leadership retreat was a one which was unanimously approved by the attendees of the leadership retreat.
The party will make no further statement on this matterat this time.
