The Alliance for Change today announced that Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo and Raphael Trotman have been nominated for the leadership post currently held by Khemraj Ramjattan who will also be running again at the party’s National Conference on Saturday.
Noticeably absent from the list of nominees is Nigel Hughes who had resigned his position as Chairman of the party.
A release from the AFC follows:
The Alliance For Change announces the following nominations for the party’s elections scheduled, as part of the National Conference for Saturday January 28th at the Vreed-en-Hoop Primary School, West Bank Demerara, Region 3.
LEADER:
1. Khemraj Ramjattan – incumbent
2. Moses Nagamootoo
3. Raphael Trotman
CHAIRMAN:
1. Moses Nagamootoo – acting incumbent
2. Catherine Hughes
3. Khemraj Ramjattan
4. Raphael Trotman
VICE CHAIRMAN:
1. Moses Nagamootoo – incumbent
2. Valerie Garrido-Lowe
3. Catherine Hughes
4. Audwin Rutherford
5. Raphael Trotman
GENERAL SECRETARY:
1. David Patterson – incumbent
2. Michael Carrington
3. Alison Mohamed
4. Marlon Williams
In addition there is also keen interest in and competition for the 12 National Executive Committee (NEC) members with a total of 73 nominees.
In addition to the 12 elected members of the NEC each Regional Management Committee and overseas chapter,along with Women For Change and Youth For Change are entitled to send a representative to the NEC meetings.
In addition, the NEC can co-opt up to five members if the need arises for additional representation in particular areas.
The party has an electoral college system comprising of 275 delegates which are allocated as follows:
Region 1 – 10 delegates
Region 2 – 20 delegates
Region 3 – 15 delegates
Region 4 – 75 delegates
Region 5 – 20 delegates
Region 6 – 40 delegates
Region 7 – 10 delegates
Region 8 – 10 delegates
Region 9 – 10 delegates
Region 10 – 20 delegates
Women For Change (WFC) – 10 delegates
Youths For Change (YFC) – 10 delegates
USA Chapter – 9 delegates
Canada Chapter – 6 delegates
Caribbean Chapter – 6 delegates
United Kingdom Chapter – 4 delegates
The Returning Officer for the elections will be Mr. Clayton Hall.
The National Conference will also consider over a dozenMotions and Resolutions on a wide array of matters. The submitted Motions and Resolutions are currently being reviewed by a Special Committee set up by the party’s Management Committee.