The Alliance For Change (AFC) yesterday celebrated its 19th anniversary and reiterated its commitment to ending racial politics.
The occasion was celebrated with a 7 am flag raising ceremony at the party’s headquarters – Centre For Change building – on the Railway Embankment, Kitty, Georgetown, an AFC release stated.
Attendees, who included party leaders, members, and supporters, took the opportunity to reflect on the early days when the party’s three founding members – Sheila Holder, Khemraj Ramjattan, and Raphael Trotman – took the bold step to form the movement and challenge Guyana’s long-established two-party political structure.
According to the release, the AFC has once again demonstrated that it is here to stay, recognising the strides made and re-committing to its founding principles of the transformation of Guyana for the benefit of all her citizens and the end to racial politics.
The party reminded that since its inception on October 29, 2005, it has consistently promoted the view that Guyana’s advancement is intertwined with its ability to unleash the true potential of its people. “In recent years under the current PPP Government, we have vehemently spoken out against the high cost of living facing Guyanese, the out of control massive levels of corruption in the award of contracts and the subjective and unequal allocation of the nation’s bountiful resources to the PPP’s community of friends, family and favourites.
The AFC holds the view that “Guyana’s diverse citizenry’s economic, social, and political development must be based on the principle of social justice, that the racial politics of the past must be eradicated, and a new set of political principles based on the maintenance of the rule of law, electoral and constitutional reform, must be promoted to lighten our path to prosperity which is challenged today despite our bountiful resources especially oil and gas.”
The release said that the party will continue with its ‘listening and grounding visits to all ten regions in Guyana and to the diaspora, as well as the building of its internal political structures as it prepares for the 2025 elections.
