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‘APNU prefers PPP to WIN!’ — Sarabo-Halley hits out after explosive RDC bust-up
WIN member Tabitha Sarabo-Halley
(Kaieteur News) – Tension among opposition parties escalated following the conclusion of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) elections, with allegations that A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) aligned with the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) in key regions, including Regions 4,8 and 10.
At the conclusion of the RDC elections for Chairman and Vice Chairman, the PPP/C secured chairmanships in several APNU strongholds. In areas where the We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) party had hoped to gain the chairmanship, the vote outcomes proved challenging. Following the results, WIN accused APNU, despite prior discussions of collaboration, of instead siding with PPP/C. APNU, however, denied the allegations, stating that it had acted independently throughout the election process.
Tabitha Sarabo-Halley, a member of the WIN party, stated that WIN had planned to collaborate with APNU, supporting the party for chairmanship in exchange for consideration for Vice Chair positions.
“Our initial decision, there were discussions with the APNU and our original decision was to come in and support the APNU for the position of chairmanship, and in hopes that they would support us for the position as Vice Chair,” she said.
However, the outcomes suggested otherwise. “As we got into the elections, we recognize first that in Region 10, the APNU and PPP work together to prevent WIN from actually winning the chairmanship for Region 10 and based on that, we wanted to see what will happen in Region Four without our vote. So what we did is decided to abstain, to see how the numbers would fall. Our absentee show that there were some sort of collusion between the APNU and the PPP, even at this [Region 4] level for chairmanship, the PPP has 17 seats and for some reason the PPP had 18 votes and there were 8 blanks and those blanks came from the WIN party,” she explained.
Leader of APNU, Aubrey Norton
Sarabo-Halley emphasized that WIN had no discussions with PPP and had no intention of collaborating with them. “We have had no discussions with the PPP, we don’t intend on working with the PPP in this type of manner. We were trying to work with the APNU,” she said.
However, when asked why WIN chose to work with the APNU, Sarabo-Halley explained, “If you look at the numbers, we were not going to work with the PPP and we find that APNU had the second highest vote in the region and so we were willing to work with them, combined with FGM to maintain their hold on Region 4 at the RDC level,” she said.
Sarabo-Halley added, “It’s not supporting, it’s representing the interest of the people. But based on what transpired today we recognize that it will be a tall order forward, how it is we work with the opposition, we are all in opposition all together, one would expect that there would be a certainty we will figure a way together in the interest of the people. What happened today, shows us that it will be an issue because the APNU has decided they are going to work with the PPP than to work with WIN. “
Responding to the accusations, APNU released a statement, asserting that the party moved independently during the RDC elections. While acknowledging prior discussions with WIN, APNU claimed the talks fell through as WIN reportedly sought to exclude APNU from Chairmanship and Vice Chair positions in multiple regions. The party stated, “Despite genuine efforts by the APNU to arrive at a cooperative framework that would reflect the aspirations of our shared constituents, the parties were unable to finalize an understanding before the elections. In light of this, APNU took the decision to move forward independently and to support its own slate of candidates for the positions of Regional Chairs and Vice-Chairs.”
APNU maintained that its decision reflects its commitment to principled and accountable regional leadership, adding that the party remains open to future collaboration with all political stakeholders in pursuit of unity, good governance, and regional development.
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