Constitutional reform still a priority for AFC – Trotman

Alliance For Change (AFC) Leader Raphael Trotman says he is concerned that the criticisms that the party has fallen silent on the constitutional reform calls it championed while in opposition, have been vague on what direct fixes were needed.

He downplayed assertions that the constitutional reform process has been placed at the bottom of the AFC’s to-do list and pointed to a Bill that will be laid in Parliament this year, which paves the way for the establishment of a Constitution Reform Committee. Trotman said his party “will take it from there” once the body is established.

The APNU+AFC government has come in for strong criticism for not holding true to its promise to begin the constitutional reform process within 100 days of being in office.

Professor Harold Lutchman and head of the 2000 Constitution Reform Commission Ralph Ramkarran have said that