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FM
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APNU is not a Political Party

OCTOBER 17, 2013 | BY  | FILED UNDER LETTERS 

 

DEAR EDITOR,
An article in Kaieteur News on Wednesday, October 16 (Private housing developers given preference over poor Guyanese – APNU) reflects a confusion that seems to have become standard in the Guyanese media. Perhaps for the first time in the two and a half year of its existence, a reporter in the print media came close to correctly describing the APNU. He/she referred to the APNU as “Parliament’s largest opposition faction.”
While technically speaking the APNU is not a faction, at least the reporter did not commit the standard error of calling it a “party.” But just as I was thinking that somebody is finally moving to correct this error, I noticed the article’s sub-head—”Party Wants Inquiry into Housing Ministry.”

 

The APNU is not a Political Party; it is a loose coalition of parties with each party maintaining its separate identity. The parliamentary APNU includes five parties—National Front Alliance (NFA), Guyana Action Party (GAP), Justice For All Party (JFAP), Working People’s Alliance (WPA) and the People’s National Congress (PNC).

 

Maybe the confusion stems from the fact that the APNU is a pre-election coalition as opposed to the more traditional post-election coalitions. Whether it results from honest ignorance or sloppiness it should be corrected. Newspapers and other media entities are forms of mass communications and go into the archives as documents of historical record. Even if the reporters make the error, the editors should be much more vigilant.
David Hinds

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Originally Posted by Cobra:
The APNU is not a Political Party; it is a loose coalition of parties with each party maintaining its separate identity.

 

The parliamentary APNU includes five parties—National Front Alliance (NFA), Guyana Action Party (GAP), Justice For All Party (JFAP), Working People’s Alliance (WPA) and the People’s National Congress (PNC).

 

APNU is not a Political Party

OCTOBER 17, 2013 | BY  | FILED UNDER LETTERS

Correct .. it can remain a group of political entities or formally become united as one party.

FM
Originally Posted by JB:

The Constitution said there can only be pre election alliances.

 One meaning of "party": An established political group organized to promote and support its principles and candidates for public office.

 

Hence that alliance (APNU) as a political group is a party.

Mitwah
Originally Posted by Mitwah:
Originally Posted by JB:

The Constitution said there can only be pre election alliances.

 One meaning of "party": An established political group organized to promote and support its principles and candidates for public office.

 

Hence that alliance (APNU) as a political group is a party.

I don't think so. They are all different. It is really a pre election alliance

FM

It was only time before the A.P.N.U coalition start to show signs of disintegration, there are many super ego-centric folks in the smaller parties that want a say in the decision-making process which is increasing dominated by the PNC.....whatever the PNC says, they have to run with it as Gospel, if not Granger may use the recall legislation and easily replace them.

FM
Originally Posted by Conscience:

... whatever the PNC says, they have to run with it as Gospel, if not Granger may use the recall legislation and easily replace them.

As demonstrated recently when one of APNU's member of parliament suddenly took ill, Granger immediately replaced him with a representative on its list.

 

Perhaps, a warning to APNU's MPs .. "If you are ill, you will immediately and permanently be replaced by another member."

FM
Originally Posted by Conscience:

It was only time before the A.P.N.U coalition start to show signs of disintegration, there are many super ego-centric folks in the smaller parties that want a say in the decision-making process which is increasing dominated by the PNC.....whatever the PNC says, they have to run with it as Gospel, if not Granger may use the recall legislation and easily replace them.

Signs are you are bloody demented to be constantly speaking of portends of signs! The PPP split to form the PNC. Both are still here as dead weights on the society, flip flopping their corrupt practices.

 

Neither to date seems intent on changing the racist strategies that is their reality. They may deny it but they are both buoyed up by a political division along racial lines.

 

The PPP as minority government does not care to work with the majority. Obviously they are the roadblock to themselves. Because as things are unfolding, they will never win a majority again despite the crowing from sycophants like you.

 

If they lose more of their hold this go around they can not complain about the one seat majority ( as if the one seat minority means they are entitled!) If they go below forty percent. the reality is they will be engineered out of office and a return as they are with an Indian based majority will never ever happen. Get used to the new dispensation.

FM

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