Recently nominated ambassador to Venezuela and well-known People’s National Congress Reform member, Dr Richard Van West-Charles, says that he remains a member of the party and was not asked “a single question” by the government about his political affiliation during the nomination process.
“I haven’t resigned from the PNC. To those referring to me as ‘former member’, they are immature politicians and they don’t understand the priority of the country and what it demands. That is petty politics and they are petty,” Van West Charles told the Stabroek News on the sidelines of the recently concluded 2nd AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF), that he attended.
“In all of these things, Guyana has to always take the preeminent interest, as against the party interest. I am a Guyanese and that is my preeminent identity, and therefore when asked, I thought about it, spoke with my family, we agreed and here I am,” he added.
