Alliance talks down to the wire

David Granger

Although opposition leader David Granger yesterday said he was confident about an opposition alliance for the upcoming polls, a consensus had not yet been reached between APNU and the AFC up to last night as both sides remained deadlocked on allocating the top government posts.

“Seems we are going down to the wire as we have not yet agreed to the top seven spots,” a source told Stabroek News last evening.

According to the source, the seven posts being negotiated are President, Prime Minister, two Vice-Presidents, Speaker of the National Assembly,