The Alliance for Change (AFC), formerly one of the most vocal advocates for the Local Government Commission (LGC), has over the last two years been strangely silent while the government of which it is a part fails to establish the constitutionally required body. AFC Leader Raphael Trotman said recently that the party expects action to be taken on establishing the commission. “The matter is being discussed at both party and cabinet levels as both coalition partners are equally concerned and expect some movement soon in having the commission in place,” he said in response to a query from Stabroek News. There was no indication as to what time period constitutes soon.
Trotman made this statement a little over a week after Chairman of the AFC Khemraj Ramjattan confirmed to Stabroek News that he had told opposition Chief Whip Gail Teixeira that he would be too busy in June to meet on LGC nominees.
The opposition PPP/C had invited all political parties represented in the 11th Parliament to a meeting
