THE Shadow Cabinet of main Opposition, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), meets today; and the Coalition’s General Secretary, Joseph Harmon, said the Alliance For Change (AFC) proposal for ‘confidential talks’ will be considered today.“We are addressing it all the time,” he added, during a telephone interview yesterday with the Guyana Chronicle.
APNU is still to sign onto AFC’s proposal.
AFC recently disclosed that it is prepared to hold talks with APNU on condition that the discussions remain confidential.
“We don’t intend to negotiate an agreement within the public space, and therefore will not be commenting further on this matter until there is a substantive announcement to be made,” AFC General Secretary, David Patterson said in a statement.
As such, Patterson disclosed that during an earlier meeting, the AFC had tabled a non-disclosure agreement for APNU to review.
“The AFC tabled a non-disclosure agreement for review and signing by the APNU with the clear understanding that, on the return of the signed document, the AFC would release to APNU (its) draft Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which would form the template for our negotiations,” Patterson said.
The AFC’s position, as articulated over the weekend, comes on the heels of statements made by APNU Leader, Brigadier (Rtd.) David Granger, in which he disclosed that there have been no substantial discussions with the AFC to date.