THE principle guiding members of any coalition is their ability to put aside their differences and work together as a team. However, in cases where these individual differences cannot be overlooked by the different parties of the coalition, it becomes impossible for that coalition to effectively function, and the greater the difference that exist amongst party members, the less the likelihood of the coalition’s survival. While it is possible that there may be some level of success for the group, the longevity of the group’s success will be limited because of their inability to set aside their own differences and personal aspirations and ideologies for the greater good. 
The new coalition that the PNCR has forged with the WPA and other small parties, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), finds itself in a rather peculiar situation.
These parties all have different ideologies and contrasting ideologies. Now, from all appearances, it seems that they have been able to come to an amicable compromise on these differences. But if this is only for the sake of gaining political office, then this compromise will, sooner or later, only complicate and hinder the success of the coalition in the long run.

The PNC, formerly Burnham’s party, has been implicated in the execution of former WPA leader, Dr. Walter Rodney, under the watch of Brigadier David Granger, the current presidential candidate of the PNCR, and leader of the coalition. At the time of Rodney’s assassination, David Granger was a Commander in Burnham’s army; the army which swore allegiance to Burnham and the PNC. Dr. Rodney was a vibrant, outspoken critic of the Burnham regime, but Burnham did not tolerate opposition. The record shows that Rodney was publicly threatened by Burnham, and was subsequently assassinated. The PNC has never even attempted to bring to justice, Gregory Smith, the army sergeant who handed Rodney the device which exploded and killed Rodney. Instead, he lived a free life in French Guiana until his death in November 2002.
Also, the WPA’s socialist ideologies differ from those of the PNC, and will halt important decisions and cause internal conflict among members of the APNU. Unless army man Granger and the rest of these party leaders are genuinely forming this coalition for the cause of unity and not just as a pond to acquire political office, the APNU will fail.