Coalition talks: AFC wants Presidential Candidate, 40% of all levels of Gov’t to move coalition forward

The Alliance For Change (AFC), following a special meeting of the National Executive Committee on Sunday, approved its conditions for a possible coalition with the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) party. The party is sticking with an earlier decision to have its leader Nigel Hughes as the presidential candidate.

See below the full release from the Alliance for Change: 

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Alliance For Change held a special meeting today, 30 March 2025 and approved conditions for coalition with APNU.

The meeting was held to  specifically address, the status of discussions  between the APNU and the AFC  on the formation of a coalition to contest the 2025 General and Regional Elections.

Lead negotiator for the AFC Alston Stewart provided the meeting with a comprehensive report on the work done by both teams and exactly where talks  currently stand.

The meeting was chaired by Party Leader Nigel Hughes and was fully attended. The other two negotiators, co-founders of the AFC,  Khemraj Ramjattan and Raphael Trotman were also at the meeting.

After more than four hours of robust, open and candid discussions, the Party passed the following resolutions:

1-       The AFC will accept a 60-40 split at   all  levels of government with 60% of the positions being held by representatives of the APNU.

2-       The Party from which the Presidential Candidate is named, shall not  be permitted to nominate and/or  occupy the position of the Leader of the List.

3-       In keeping with the earlier unanimous decision of the NEC in January of this year, Party Leader Nigel Hughes shall be the Party’s Presidential Candidate.

The meeting acknowledged the tremendous work done by the negotiating team and expressed its appreciation. The meeting further mandated the team to relay its resolution to the team from the APNU.