(Demerar Wave) – The opposition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) on Sunday said the new People’s Progressive Party Civic’s (PPPC) cabinet falls short of that party’s promise to appoint ministers based on performance as 18 of the 25 are incompetent and under-performers.
“All should have been fired and replaced,” APNU said in a statement.
That party, which holds 12 parliamentary seats from the September 1, 2025 general elections, said switching inept ministers, such as Priya Manickchand, Sonia Parag, and Oneidge Walrond from one ministry to another is a “pointless exercise.” “They will continue to blunder and flop,” APNU said.
Ms Manickchand has exchanged the Education Ministry with Ms Parag from the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development. Ms Walrond has been moved from the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce to the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Touching on the appointment of former Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn and former Labour Minister Joseph Hamilton as advisors on Home Affairs and Natural Resources, and Labour and Manpower Planning respectively, APNU said those positions amount to a “ploy to provide them a lavish retirement package which they do not deserve.”
