Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo yesterday said that he will not be contesting for any of the top Alliance For Change (AFC) posts at the party’s National Conference being held today, while declaring that he wanted to make way for a new generation of leaders.
Nagamootoo, according to a press release issued by the AFC on Wednesday, was nominated for the posts of Leader, Chairman and Vice-Chairman. The party gave no indication on that occasion that he had declined the nominations.
“I had indicated to the leadership of the AFC … two weeks ago that I would not accept running for the position of Leader, Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer… what you call the leadership posts but I will be available to continue serving the party in its 12-member Executive Committee if I am nominated,” he told Stabroek News at the Public Buildings, shortly after the launch of the United Nations multi-country Sustainable Development Framework in the Caribbean 2017-2021.