The PPP/C government yesterday announced the appointments of three advisors, including two leaders of parties that form the joinder list that won a parliamentary seat at the March 2 polls.
The Office of the President announced that Senior Counsel Ramkarran will be an advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs on border matters, while Lenox Shuman will advise the Minister of Public Works on civil aviation. It also announced that Gerry Gouveia, who is the Private Sector Commission (PSC) Chairman, would serve as a national security advisor to the president.
Ramkarran is leader of A New United Guyana (ANUG), while Shuman is the leader of the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP). These two parties along with The New Movement (TNM) had entered a “joinder of lists” before the March 2 polls and it was able to secure a single seat in the 12th Parliament which they have agreed to share.
