MEMBERS of the People's Progressive Party's regional committees and activists of Crabwood Creek to Mara, East Bank, Berbice, have moved a resolution in support of the party's Executive Committee's decision to expel Khemraj Ramjattan for breach of party rules.
"The Regional Committee and Activist demand that Khemraj Ramjattan tenders his resignation as a Member of Parliament representing our geographic region, given our loss of confidence in him as a parliamentary representative for Region Six, " says the resolution, made public yesterday.
The resolution also urged the party's Executive Committee to "take all necessary steps" to ensure Khemraj Ramjattan vacates the Parliamentary seat of our party that he is now illegally and immorally holding on to."
Moved by members of the Regional Committees who are elected by party groups in East Berbice, the resolution reads: "Whereas the Executive Committee in its disciplinary capacity has on several occasions sought to convince and persuade Khemraj Ramjattan to end public attacks on the party, the leaders of the party and the Government and end all infractions of party rules.
"Whereas Khemraj Ramjattan, when he issued his public statement of February 10, 2004, accused the General Secretary and by extension the entire Central Committee, of spreading falsehood, he knowingly and deliberately broke party rules and commitments given to the Executive Committee on February 6, 2004. That is, to conform to the rules of the party.
"Be it therefore resolved that members of the party's Regional Committees and Activists of Regions 1 & 2 (Crabwood Creek to Mara, East Bank, Berbice), support the Executive Committee's decision of Friday, February 13 to expel Khemraj Ramjattan."