The Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) has decided against joining with another party at the moment as it believes it is in the nation’s interest to have a “balancing” third force, according to Chairman and presidential candidate Lenox Shuman.
The party has not closed the door on coalescing in the future although Shuman told a news conference yesterday that a non-negotiable term of any potential coalition with the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) or A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) in particular, must be the opening up of the presidential and prime-ministerial posts to Guyanese of any ethnic group.
Last month, Stabroek News had reported that Shuman had engaged in discussions with APNU about possibly coalescing.
