According to Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Government, Gail Teixeira, the APNU+AFC Coalition has not been included in any of the state boards announced because they continue to refer to the government as “illegitimate.”
“They say we are an illegitimate government. If we are an illegitimate government why would you want to sit on any board we are appointing? They have got themselves into what you call a problematic position. You can’t say you want to be on boards but you don’t recognize the government that is appointing those boards,” Teixeira told Stabroek News yesterday in an invited comment. She stated that as far as she is aware no request had been made of the Leader of the Opposition to name any person to sit on state boards.
“We have put members of the parliamentary opposition and non-governmental organizations on the boards. In the interest of inclusivity NGOs including opposition parties and civil society have been named. We are putting people on the boards we think can serve the board well,” Teixeira explained.