The opposition PPP/C yesterday voiced concern at the National Toshaos Council (NTC) Conference being held just mere days before the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) also holds its Biennial Congress in the capital city and suggested that it was strategically engineered to amass numbers at the political party’s forum.
“You may or may not be aware that the National Toshaos Council Conference was originally slated to be held in July for one week. It was shifted to August 22nd to August 26th and this happens to be highly coincidental in that the council’s meeting is at the same time or at the beginning of the PNC Congress,” PPP/C’s Chief Whip Gail Teixeira told a news conference at Freedom House yesterday.
“We have information that the government has used the opportunity of the NTC conference to be able to swell its ranks at the PNC Congress,” Teixeira added.
However, Minister of Indigenous People’s Affairs Sydney Allicock dismissed the opposition’s assertions, while saying it was probably borne of its own experiences when it was in office.
