Ramsaroop was not cast aside

Peter Ramsaroop

Former Guyana People’s Partnership (GPP) leader Peter Ramsaroop has said that A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) members forced him out—a claim disputed by the opposition coalition’s presidential candidate David Granger.

Recently, Ramsaroop told Stabroek News that he was dissatisfied with the APNU and was critical of Granger’s leadership. Ramsaroop said that while his party became a member of APNU, he personally did not enter any strategic discussions after his party signed on. According to him, when he went in to negotiate the GPP’s potential entrance into the APNU, other members of partnership voted that he and his team be excluded from discussions on the coalition’s name and symbol.

However, Granger disputed Ramsaroop’s account. “Mr Ramsaroop was not cast aside. He is the author of his