The three new parties that are expected to share a seat in the next Parliament have rejected overtures from the incumbent APNU+AFC for “dialogue” on the way forward for Guyana, calling its posture insincere.
On Wednesday, the coalition, which has been preventing the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) from using a recount process from declaring a winner of the March 2 polls, announced that it was open to dialogue with political parties on the way forward and was prepared to act responsibly to bring a resolution to the ongoing political situation. In the same statement the incumbent suggested that it would not accept a declaration based on the results of the recount, which show a victory for the opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic.
In response, three of the new parties that contested the polls rejected the offer and instead urged the coalition to concede.