A New and United Guyana (ANUG) yesterday said that the leader of The New Movement (TNM), Dr Asha Kissoon is refusing to relinquish her seat in Parliament in line with the agreement struck by the three list joinder parties in 2020.
ANUG is now supposed to take up the seat in Parliament but it says Kissoon, who is also the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, has not resigned. Contacted yesterday by the Sunday Stabroek, Kissoon offered “no comment” on the ANUG statement. When pressed further, Kissoon maintained her “no comment’ stance.
ANUG in a statement said that it and the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) and TNM executed a Memorandum of Understanding in January 2020, agreeing to merge the votes earned by them if sufficient to take a seat in Parliament, and to share occupation of that seat in Parliament in proportion to the votes earned by each.
