APNU leadership team to be unveiled today

The opposition coalition “A Partnership for National Unity” (APNU) will be formally launched this afternoon at the Ocean View International Hotel, where it is expected to unveil its “leadership team” along with its plan to end divisions in the society.

The APNU was expected to name its prime ministerial candidate at the official launch, originally set for July 8. An announcement is unlikely to be made this evening. APNU presidential candidate David Granger told this newspaper last evening that “a leadership team” would be presented, since the focus was more on a team rather than on an individual. He said that he had not been part of any discussions regarding a prime ministerial candidate for the APNU.

Sources have told this newspaper that the question of who will be the APNU’s prime ministerial candidate has been a cause of some contention. WPA co-leader Dr Rupert Roopnaraine had been mentioned as a possible candidate with the