APNU members briefed on no-confidence vote

David Hinds

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) is currently discussing the validity of the December 21 no-confidence vote, according to executive member Dr David Hinds who disclosed yesterday that all the parties making up the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) grouping recently met and were briefed on what government has done since the motion was passed.

Hinds declined to say where or when the meeting was held but Stabroek News subsequently learnt that the meeting took place at the Ministry of the Presidency on Thursday.

The no-confidence motion, which was lodged with parliament office by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo on November 15, was passed after government MP Charrandas Persaud defected from the government benches and voted `yes’. He subsequently expressed disappointment with how the APNU+AFC government was operating and said that he voted according to his conscience. .