Malcolm Ferreira, who won the Albouystown/ Charlestown seat on March 18 on the Team Legacy ticket has denied that there was any deal with the governing APNU+AFC.
When it was first reported that APNU+AFC would not be contesting local government elections in constituency 10 of Georgetown there were immediate questions. The Albouystown/Charlestown area has long been considered a stronghold of the PNCR which is the largest party in the governing coalition.
One explanation for this decision which had been proffered was that the coalition entered into an arrangement with Team Legacy’s Ferreira. Sources say that the coalition made the decision to tacitly support the popular Ferreira rather than