Cheddi (Joey) Jagan Jr, the son of late presidents Dr. Cheddi Jagan and Janet Jagan has hailed the APNU+AFC alliance, recalling that his father on innumerable occasions, called for coalition politics.
“The recent announcement of the APNU-AFC coalition is a historic moment in Guyanese politics, and I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all those who brought this coalition about,” Jagan Jr wrote in a letter to Stabroek News last week. “From what I have read about the arrangements and conditions between these two parties, there are enough checks and balances placed in the general agreements, that a voter who might be undecided at this time, can identify the merits of this coalition against majority (one-party) rule, which we, the Guyanese people, have experienced all our natural lives and which has left us divided and has weakened our dear nation,” he said.
On February 14, following weeks of negotiations, APNU and the AFC signed an agreement – the Cummingsburg Accord – which has seen the two parties uniting under a single banner for the May 11 general elections. The coalition named APNU leader David Granger as its presidential candidate and AFC executive Moses Nagamootoo as the prime ministerial candidate. While there have been criticisms of the