A meeting on Wednesday between the AFC and APNU will see the two parties finalizing their strategy for the upcoming sitting of the National Assembly which could see a delay in the AFC’s no-confidence motion against the Donald Ramotar administration.
“We are willing to be flexible on the position,” Leader of the AFC Khemraj Ramjattan told Stabroek News yesterday. He pointed out that while the AFC wants the no-confidence motion to be dealt with first, the support of APNU is crucial and the main opposition coalition may have some legislative matters that it wants to deal with first. In addition, the AFC also wants the setting up of the Public Procure-ment Commission and passage of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism AML/CFT (Amend-ment) Bill, and, should this happen, the no-confidence motion could be pushed back.
Ramjattan emphasized that this delay could be as short as a