New parties join forces to contest 2025 elections

Three new parties- Forward Guyana, the People’s Movement, and the Vigilant Political Action Committee- on Tuesday formally joined forces to contest the 2025 General and Regional Elections on September 1, 2025.

Together, the three parties will be calling themselves the Forward Guyana Movement.

“This is not just a political alliance; it is a movement of people who have decided that Guyana of the future cannot be left in the past,” Amanza Walton-Desir, the founder of Forward Guyana, said at the signing ceremony at the Cara Lodge Hotel.

She added that she and her colleagues, Dorwain Bess of V-PAC and Nigel London of the People’s Movement, see themselves as “co-builders,” not competitors. She also told the News Room that they will contest the elections as a coalition.

Walton- Desir recently left the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) after she felt as though she was sidelined in the party. She then formed Forward Guyana.

Bess and London, during the ceremony, both spoke about the need for partnership and stakeholders working together to improve the lives of Guyanese. They believe that their efforts can herald in the change needed.

At the commencement of Tuesday’s ceremony, members of the press were told that no questions would be taken because a substantive press conference would be held subsequently. Additionally, it was noted that the documents would not be shared. Instead, members of the media were asked to pay keen attention to the speakers and ensure that all recordings are clear.

Subsequently, Forward Guyana’s Randolph Critchlow told reporters in a WhatsApp group chat that questions will be answered on the sidelines. And reporters were told that they would be given a “gift” because they were “well-behaved”; that “gift” was the document signed.