Selman is an insignificant loss to the party, says Harmon

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Africo Selman resigned from her position as APNU Member of Parliament
Africo Selman resigned
from her position as APNU Member of Parliament

Longstanding member of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) arm of the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Africo Selman (MP), has resigned from her position as a Member of Parliament.

According to APNU General Secretary Joseph Harmon, Selman had resigned from the National Assembly on February 26 for reasons unknown to him.

However, her official resignation from the party was accompanied by a letter stating that she is “tired of the infighting in the APNU”.

Harmon told this publication that Selman expressed her disgust with the confusion within the party which prompted her resignation.

Nonetheless, Harmon boldly claimed Selman is an insignificant loss to the party. “We have been able to attract more persons than when Selman was here… her resignation is not a complete loss in APNU,” Harmon bluntly declared.

When questioned as to whether the party has suspicions of anyone else leaving, Harmon responded in the negative. “I can’t read people’s minds… and I don’t like to make speculations.”

On that note, he reassured that everyone on the APNU team is fully engaged with their work in the party.

Speculations about Selman’s future with the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) surfaced following her resignation but Harmon said he is not in a position to say whether or not it is true.

Instead, he noted that if Selman does join the PPP/C, then she will only “confine herself in the life of the Opposition again.”

Selman, who attended Queens College and the University of Guyana, is a youth development activist.

According to the PNCR website, Selman was described as an effective speaker and a very articulate representative of the issues affecting young people.

Selman’s resignation comes in the wake of a series of defections from APNU’s coalition partner, the Alliance For Change (AFC), including more recently former General Secretary Sixtus Edwards and businessman Balwant Persaud.

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