The signing of the ‘Cummingsburg Accord’ by David Granger, Leader of A Partnership for National Unity, and Khemraj Ramjattan, Leader of the Alliance For Change, has changed the course of Guyana’s political development forever. For the first time in our country’s political history, a multi-party, pre-election coalition, representing 51 per cent of the electorate has been formed to contest the general and regional elections.
The ‘Cummingsburg Accord’ concretises the inclusionary character of the policies of the two parties which have been collaborating throughout the short 10th Parliament in which the People’s Progressive Party/Civic on the government side had a minority and A Partnership for National Unity and the Alliance For Change on the opposition side had a majority in the National Assembly.
The APNU-AFC coalition has much work to do, however, to regain the trust of the people in the efficacy of the parliamentary process after 22 years of PPPC excesses, lawlessness and recklessness. The Coalition assures citizens that their votes at the next elections will translate into democracy and good governance; that their representatives will truly
