GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The chief of Alliance for Change (AFC), Nigel Hughes, has tendered his resignation as head of the celebration that did not win a single seat within the September 1 basic and regional elections in Guyana.
Hughes, a distinguished legal professional who had been elected as chief of the celebration in June final 12 months, declined to touch upon the explanations behind his resignation.
However he’s reported to have taken full duty for the celebration’s dismal efficiency on the polls, saying in his resignation letter that “the outcomes have been past disappointing, the duty for which rests solely on my shoulders.
The AFC had fashioned a part of the 2015-2020 authorities right here when it joined with different political events, together with the then-main opposition Folks’s Nationwide Congress Reform (PNCR), to kind the coalition A Partnership for Nationwide Unity (APNU), which received the final election.
Nonetheless, the AFC cut up from the APNU and contested this 12 months’s basic election as a separate entity, amassing solely 3,610 votes within the 10 electoral districts.
Beneath Guyana’s proportional system, 40 legislators are chosen from a single nationwide constituency and 25 from 10 geographical constituencies. The AFC stated that it has accepted the outcomes.
Hughes stated that in tendering “my instant resignation,” he was nonetheless grateful to the celebration for permitting him the chance to steer it in “tough occasions” and that he nonetheless believes that the celebration holds nice potential in Guyana’s physique politic.
“I consider the celebration has an ideal function to play within the improvement of this nice nation of ours, and I want the Chair and the manager my finest needs and help on its ahead trajectory,” he stated.
The AFC just isn’t he solely political celebration right here to be rocked by resignations following the final elections. The PNCR’s chairman, Shurwayne Holder, has additionally submitted his resignation to the celebration.
