Alliance For Change Leader (AFC) Raphael Trotman has confirmed that he has been selected by the opposition parties as the consensus candidate for the post of Speaker of the National Assembly following the withdrawal of previous AFC nominee Moses Nagamootoo.
“We have a meeting with A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) later today (yesterday) to agree and ratify issues pertaining to the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker and other matters pertinent to the first sitting of the Assembly, the swearing in of members, even the accommodation and the seating arrangement and so forth,” he said.
“At this point in time we intend to present to the Guyanese public a face that says that the Opposition parties can display maturity and magnanimity and the requisite levels of patriotism and national interest that