Representatives of APNU and the AFC on Friday said they favour a ‘closed’ list system to select their representatives for the National Assembly so that the electorate would know for whom they are voting.
The ‘open’ list system currently being used, allows party leaders to select Mem-bers of Parliament from the list but with a ‘closed’ list, seats are allocated in the order that names are listed. APNU’s Prime Ministerial candidate Rupert Roopnaraine told a Facing the Future (FtF) forum that while it has not been decided as yet how the coalition’s representatives would be chosen, it would be logical for them to have a closed list.
The AFC’s David Patterson said that the party has passed a resolution whereby their list should be closed but he pointed out as well that there have been internal debates with regards to
