AFC trumps PNC to secure dominant role in Opposition coalition

GOING into the coalition negotiation with the five-party A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), the Alliance for Change (AFC) controlled 21 per cent of the Combined Opposition seats in Parliament, but came out with a guarantee of 40 per cent of the Cabinet, and at least 12 Parliamentary seats, should they succeed at the May 11, 2015 General and Regional Polls.

Analysts have since concluded that the Minority Opposition Party has trumped the larger five-party APNU, which held 79 per cent of the Opposition seating arrangement in the House going into the negotiation.
APNU consists of the Peoples National Congress Reform (PNCR); the Working Peoples’ Alliance (WPA); the National Front Alliance (NFA); the Guyana Action Party (GPA); and the Justice for All Party (JFAP) coming together to control a total of 26 seats, while the AFC controlled seven in the 10th Parliament.
The AFC has also secured, through the negotiations, the post of Prime Ministerial Candidate for its front-runner, Moses Nagamootoo, along with two Vice-Presidential posts.