APNU+AFC Meeting with Prominent Islamic Leaders. Muslim Leaders say - people are placing great expectation in the APNU+AFC
APNU+AFC Presidential Candidate Brigadier David Granger and Prime Ministerial Candidate Mr. Moses Nagamootoo and other Coalition leaders, this morning met with prominent representatives of the Islamic Community in Guyana. The meeting took place at the Office of the Leader of the Opposition Hadfield Street, Georgetown. The group which included members of the Anna Catherina Islamic Complex - ACIC, and other religious leaders, outlined a lists of concerns facing the Muslim community in Guyana. Some of the issues raised included rampant crime, corruption, governance and the moral decay of the society.
Addressing the group Brigadier Granger said one of the primary missions of the Coalition (APNU+AFC) was the achievement of National Unity. Granger said, “Many of our problems will be solved if we can achieve national unity.” Granger assured the gathering that their concerns would be addressed by an APNU+AFC in government and promised that his would be administration that would maintain contact with the religious community.
The APNU+AFC Prime Ministerial Candidate Moses Nagamootoo in his remarks said that much had gone wrong in Guyana. The Prime Ministerial Candidate said; “Guyana is a pleural Society and all are entitled to co-exist.” Nagamootoo said that the Islamic community must be a partner if the country was to recover from the current moral decay; “the Islamic community must help, if we are to recover lost values.”
The Islamic leaders stated that it was time to put an end to the moral decay of society and for the development of Guyana to have a human face. In endorsing the APNU+AFC the Muslim leaders noted that Guyana needed a fresh start, and that people were placing great expectation in the APNU+AFC.
Some of the prominent Islamic leaders who attended were Ms. Raheema Rahaman, Mr. Hakeem Khan, Mr. Reyaz Husein, Mr. Fazil Azeez, Mr. Hakim Khan and Mr. Fazal Ali
The APNU+AFC team also included Ms. Amna Ally, Mr. Ronald Bulkan and Mr. Fredrick Mc Wilfred.
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