The main opposition coalition APNU wants the AFC to come under its umbrella at possible 2015 general elections but the smaller party says it will not as it wants to keep its identity and support base.
“At this time no… when persons joined the AFC was because Guyanese, they needed that change. For us to join APNU would defeat our purpose and we risk losing our support base,” a party executive told Stabroek News yesterday.
The AFC’s stance on the issue comes in the wake of APNU Leader David Granger saying that the coalition would like the AFC to revisit a Memoran-dum of Understanding that APNU had proposed in 2012 to the AFC on forming a coalition.
Granger said that while he was optimistic that come next general elections the coalition will win the most votes, partnering with the AFC will almost guarantee an APNU presidency. When this happens, he said, he will not define his or any other party as winners or losers, majority or minority but will seek to have an inclusionary democracy. “The APNU is not interested in winner takes all,
