Norton says will not seek the Presidency again 

Aubrey Norton, the former Leader of the Opposition who led APNU to Guyana’s 2025 elections, on Friday said he will not seek the Presidency again.

Instead, Norton told reporters that he will make way for ‘fresh blood’ to assume leadership positions in the National Assembly and will focus on rebuilding the party.

Norton was the Presidential Candidate for the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) coalition in the 2025 General and Regional Elections. He also served as Opposition Leader in the last Parliament.

However, he confirmed on Friday that he won’t be going back to Parliament.

“I hope that is an indication that I have no intention of running for the presidency in the future, and so I see the task at this as repairing the party for the future,” Norton said.

The APNU Chairman opined that he has served at the Parliamentary level already and should now give that space to someone else. a

APNU suffered a significant blow in the recent elections, securing only 12 seats in the National Assembly. It was outperformed by the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C), which secured 36 seats; with this, the PPP/C again formed the government, and President Dr. Irfaan Ali was re-elected for a second term. Meanwhile, the newly formed We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) party got 16 seats.