Imagine, at the last moment, announcing your prime ministerial candidate—a candidate with a proven unsuccessful track record, who previously served as a minister in the APNU government. Most notably, this candidate, a former APNU minister in the Ministry of the Public Service, carries a record far from worthy of celebratory accolades among public servants.
Indeed, one would recall, as reported by Minister Dr. Ashni Singh in the National Assembly, that Tabitha Sarabo-Halley issued Circular Number 2 of 2019— 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲—admitting the APNU+AFC government knew of systemic delays in paying new public servants. As Minister Dr. Ashni Singh reminded the National Assembly, this circular proved the subject minister’s failure to resolve a problem it fully recognized, leaving public servants unpaid for months while hiding behind bureaucracy.
Furthermore, this last-minute announcement serves to solidify the undeniable linkages between the APNU and the Blue Party—despite the Blue Party’s desperate attempts to extricate itself by rushing to claim independence. The evidence overwhelmingly proves otherwise: this is not an independent movement.