{"id":25539,"date":"2025-01-16T17:48:53","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T17:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25539"},"modified":"2025-01-16T17:48:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T17:48:54","slug":"afcs-refusal-to-answer-press-questions-raises-concerns-over-credibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/afcs-refusal-to-answer-press-questions-raises-concerns-over-credibility\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC&#8217;s Refusal to Answer Press Questions Raises Concerns Over Credibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Josiah Williams | December 6, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Alliance for Change (AFC) has faced significant criticism following its recent refusal to respond to questions from the press. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a recent press conference, AFC Executive member Cathy Hughes dismissed a reporter\u2019s inquiry regarding the party&#8217;s alleged involvement in the rigging of the 2020 elections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hughes expressed that the party preferred to address more current issues rather than revisit past discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident drew sharp remarks from Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, General Secretary of the ruling People&#8217;s Progressive Party (PPP). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jagdeo questioned the AFC\u2019s credibility, suggesting that the party&#8217;s refusal to engage with the media on key issues raised concerns about their transparency and accountability. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also noted that had a member of the PPP made similar remarks, the response from the press would have been far more critical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guyana Press Association (GPA) was also mentioned, as Jagdeo pointed out the lack of a strong reaction from the association in contrast to their usual stance when PPP officials are involved in similar controversies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He suggested that this inconsistency could lead to further doubts about the AFC\u2019s standing as a political party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This refusal to engage with the press and the ongoing controversy surrounding the issue have brought into question the AFC&#8217;s credibility and their approach to handling accountability in the public eye.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Josiah Williams | December 6, 2024 The Alliance for Change (AFC) has faced significant criticism following its recent refusal to respond to questions from the press. During a recent&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25534,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,351],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25539"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25540,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25539\/revisions\/25540"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}