A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has described recent media reports critical of the Partnership’s parliamentary candidate selection as “mistaken, misleading and misplaced.”
In a release yesterday, APNU did not identify any particular report but stated that it is “proud” of the candidates selected to represent it in the National Assembly and insists that the list is balanced by “gender, geography and generation.” The candidates, the Partnership says, represent a wide cross-section of the country and is a bold step forward.
The PNCR – the main component of APNU – has been excoriated for not including on its list of MPs senior party officials such as Chairman Volda Lawrence, former Attorney General Basil Williams and General Secretary Amna Ally. Granger is also not returning to Parliament. The exclusion of these persons and others is seen to be geared to enable Joseph Harmon to become Leader of the Opposition though he is not a senior PNCR figure. Lawrence has maintained complete silence on her exclusion though it has been condemned by PNCR members.