APNU and AFC in preliminary meeting on local gov’t polls

The Alliance For Change and A Partnership for National Unity – the governing coalition partners – on Monday held an ice-breaking meeting and are set to begin substantive talks this weekend that will determine if they will contest local government elections together.

Following the preliminary meeting, APNU’s team stated that it is optimistic that an agreement will be swiftly met.

“This was just a preliminary meeting …It was very good. Looking forward…with great optimism,” APNU General Secretary Joseph Harmon told Stabroek News yesterday when contacted.