Granger treated  Sharma of the justice for all party, just as Burnham treated Peter Deguir of the United Force.

Granger treated  Sharma of the justice for all party, just as Burnham treated Peter Deguir of the United Force.

Chandisingh, Vincent Teekah, even balram singh rai had a taste of the wrath of the P.N.C.  Those who forgets the past are condemned to repeat it.

With an outburst like that, how can CN Sharma get a fair trial?

Look like dis bai get lil pay off.

Not everyone put themselves for Sale like you.

Aye yu wite mout. Go eat yu lil kackabelly and drink wite rum.

YUh Crabdaag YUh, guh suh wid yuh Fleas.

Chandisingh, Vincent Teekah, even balram singh rai had a taste of the wrath of the P.N.C.  Those who forgets the past are condemned to repeat it.

History always repeats itself. PNC fails to defend an Indo member.

With an outburst like that, how can CN Sharma get a fair trial?

Granger treated  Sharma of the justice for all party, just as Burnham treated Peter Deguir of the United Force.

that is why they close down parlament,there is more to come start getting ready for a early election

Granger treated  Sharma of the justice for all party, just as Burnham treated Peter Deguir of the United Force.

Granger treated  Sharma of the justice for all party, just as Burnham treated Peter Deguir of the United Force.

The Justice for all party has learn an important lesson, NEVER trust the PNC aka APNU. The JFAP is re-living the UF experience

The PNC refused to defend Sharma because they didn't want their dogs out there watching to think for a second that they are Indian Party

“APNU did not come to my rescue”

Former APNU Member Jaipaul Sharma

– Sharma says as JFAP quits coalition

By Svetlana Marshall

The CN Sharma led Justice For All Party (JFAP) has pulled out of the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) coalition on Friday, one day after its member Jaipaul Sharma resigned as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the coalition.

Speaking with Guyana Times on Friday, the former APNU MP expressed disappointment that he was left out in the cold when Education Minister Priya Manickchand attempted to question his integrity.

On Tuesday during the heated budget debate, the Education Minister alluded to the then APNU MP while another Opposition member was addressing the issue of rapists and paedophiles. He said his father CN Sharma is unhappy that none of the leading APNU members sitting in the front row objected to Manickchand’s heckle.

“APNU did not do well in protecting the coalition. I was waiting for them, but when no one got up, I decided to protect myself,” Sharma explained.

Ban lifted

He recalled that it was the Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman who spoke out in his defence initially. The Speaker had banned the Education Minister from debating on the 2014 Budget upon her failure to apologise to Sharma.

On Wednesday, the ban was lifted after an apology was given to the House but not directly to Sharma.

Nevertheless, the former APNU MP said had it been a People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Member who was offended, the response would have been totally different.

Justifying his position, Sharma referenced the June 27, 2013 incident when APNU MP Vanessa Kissoon heckled “Like father, like son.” At the time, Public Works Minister Robeson Benn was making an address in the House.

It is alleged that the Public Works Minister’s son had physically abused his ex-girlfriend. Sharma was keen on pointing out that Government’s Chief Whip Gail Teixeira almost immediately stood up in Robeson’s defence, asking the Speaker to have Kissoon withdraw the statement. Kissoon had apologised upon the request.

It was only on Thursday that APNU issued a terse statement condemning Manickchand’s posture in the Assembly, two days after the incident occurred.

Double standards

The former MP also chided the Education Minister for her apparent double standards, asking why she did not publicly chastise the Public Works Minister over allegations levied against his son.

“She is a woman of double stands. I was not the one speaking, but she heckled me. CN Sharma is not a rapist, I am not a rapist,” he lamented. “It is an allegation and it is yet to be proven. The matter against my father is in court and Priya, as a lawyer, should know this,” he added.

Sharma is contending that his move to resign from the National Assembly is not intended to sabotage the APNU over his displeasure. According to him, “I was well supported in the coalition, they saw me as an asset, but I can no longer be a part of the APNU.”

He explained that the JFAP would not have another sitting member on the coalition, noting that he was simply trying to protect the integrity of the APNU.

“The Government said that it will be cleaning up the city, so I will clean up the APNU. We don’t want anyone sitting on the coalition and when he or she goes to speak, then they are accused of being closely associated with rapists or paedophiles, so we are going to remove ourselves,” Sharma explained.

According to him, he is doing the coalition a favour. “I am helping the APNU.” The former APNU Member said based on his analysis of the 2014 Budget, there will be a snap election soon and the PPP/C is using allegations against his father as a political ploy to discredit the coalition.

“I am a principled man and my decision is final. I am going to return to my father’s party and we will contest the elections. I will remain in politics,” he said.

Full support

His father told Guyana Times that he was in full support of his son’s decision. When he was asked about a possible replacement on the coalition, CN Sharma said there was no one else in the JFAP that is capable of sitting on the coalition bench.

“We don’t mind if the Opposition puts one of its members there, because we don’t have anyone,” he said.

Speaking at the Leader of the Opposition’s Office on Friday, APNU MP, Dr George Norton told the press that Sharma was an asset to the coalition – someone specialised in economics.

While admitting that the coalition has not received a formal notification, Norton said APNU is now discussing a replacement for Sharma. He has, however, declined to disclose whether the coalition has shortlisted anyone for the key position.

The APNU must have a replacement if the coalition is to keep its one-seat majority in the House.

Who will be their economic spokesman, Tarron Khemraj.

Ashniu will make mince meat of him.

The dream of the APNU winning is OVER.

Interesting analogy. Can you imagine a PNC coalition where they seize full power and expel the minority partner? 

The PPP will make coconut choka out of the opposition AFC/PNC. Five more years.

Indo Guyanese are now seeing the true colours of the PNC. PNC Afro racism is alive and well.

Good for Sharma. The PNC kicked him to the curb. This must be a lesson for any Indo who wants to join the PNC.

PNC is a wuss.  Trotman is a WUSS.

This was black man oppression of an East Indian.  All them Indians running back to PPP.

But still PPP cannot win 51 percent.

Look at your flawed logic. An Indian women criticizes an Indian man, because she thinks that he is a traitor because he isn't with the Indians.  APNU behaves as it always does.  It slumbers, periodically waking up to block some PPP initiative.

And now this is black man oppressing Indians.  Now explain to me how one Indian maligning another Indian becomes evidence of black racism? 

When has APNU initiated anything positive for Linden, instead of reacting when they think that the AFC might penetrate their base there?  How aggressive has APNU defended the people of G/twn against the PPP which deliberately ignores it, in a silly attempt to think that they can win PPP votes by making the G/twn City Council look inept? Recall that was NOT the PNC which was voted in to run G/twn in 1994.