Khemraj Ramjattan is the new leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC) while Nigel Hughes is the chairman.
Both ran unopposed for these posts at the AFC’s Third National Conference at the St Paul’s Retreat Centre, Vryheid’s Lust yesterday. Moses Nagamootoo was also elected as Vice-Chairman and David Patterson as General Secretary. Also on the new executive are Raphael Trotman, Cathy Hughes, Dominic Gaskin, Gerhard Ramsaroop, Sixtus Edwards, Michael Carrington, Valerie Garrido-Lowe, Rajendra Bissessar, Trevor Williams, Dr Veerasammy Ramayya, Cindy Sookdeo and Rohan Somar.
The conference was held amid calls for change in the way the country is governed, the need for transparency and accountability as well as admonitions to be ready for the next general election which could come before the constitutionally due date. “It is time that we put our house in order and to begin to prepare for the