A new agreement between the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance for Change (AFC) will be decided on by members of the AFC in 2024. This is according to AFC Leader, Khemraj Ramjattan.
Executive Member of APNU Ganesh Mahipaul two weeks ago in response to a question by this news outlet, expressed the view that the separation may be “temporary” and could possibly make way for a new agreement between the AFC.
Ramjattan was therefore asked recently by the Guyana Standard whether he would be open to talks with its coalition partner to come up with a plan to avoid the divorce.
Ramjattan responded, “The decision to leave was decided upon by our members during the last National Leadership Conference. As such, we will leave that decision to them when we meet again in 2024.”
He continued, “I think just like APNU, the AFC sees this (separation) as an opportunity for us to go back to the ground and meet with our supporters and strengthen our bases. It is something we need.”
Meanwhile, when asked by the Guyana Standard whether an official correspondence had been sent to the Leader of the Opposition Aubrey Norton, Ramjattan said that the letter had not been dispatched.
Ramjattan explained that the two party’s plan to meet in the next couple of days to discuss a number of issues of which he did not disclose. He reaffirmed that despite the separation, the two parties will remain allies on the national front.
“We want to let the Government know that the coalition is not dead. There is no death to us. We are taking time to reevaluate to be better. Don’t let them run with the idea that this is the end of us,”Ramjattan posited.
The party had previously announced its exit from the coalition last month. At the announcement, the party said that it had not notified its coalition partner about the exit, even though the party plans to exit at the end of the year.
