A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) this afternoon signed the revised Cummingsburg Accord.
A statement from APNU said that the revised accord was signed by Chairman of APNU, Brigadier David Granger and Chairman of the AFC, Khemraj Ramjattan. Joseph Harmon, General Secretary of the APNU and David Patterson, General Secretary of the AFC signed as witnesses to the agreement.
In attendance at the signing were representatives of all the parties that comprise the APNU+AFC Coalition. Representing the Guyana Action Party was Errol Ross; Keith Scott, National Front Alliance; Tabitha Sararo-Halley- Working People’s Alliance; and CN Sharma and Jaipaul Sharma representing the Justice For All Party.
In brief remarks following the signing, Chairman of APNU, President David Granger said that the Cummingsburg Accord was bolstered based on experiences garnered over the last four and a half years. The President said that the Coalition parties had worked well together and this revamped Accord would lay the foundation for a more enhanced quality of governance for all the people of Guyana. Chairman of the AFC, Khemraj Ramjattan in his remarks said that the parties that make up the Coalition were ‘better together’ and congratulated the negotiating team that worked to fashion the revised accord.