AT its third quarterly National Executive Committee (NEC) on Saturday, the Alliance for Change (AFC) decided that it will continue negotiations with A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) with respect to contesting the upcoming Local Government Elections (LGE).

“The Party, having already commenced its Local Government Elections campaign, has started with the identification of candidates in each Municipality and Neighbourhood Democratic Council.

“The negotiations with Coalition partner, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) with regard to contesting the LGE on a joint platform will continue,” the party said in a statement to the media.

Earlier in the year, the AFC agreed to contest the much anticipated elections with its coalition partner, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU). The top brass of the parties are expected to meet to discuss matters relating to the elections.
According to the statement, Saturday’s meeting held in the indigenous benab at the Sophia Exhibition Centre, Georgetown was described “a successful National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting.”

“The meeting mapped out a pre-campaign plan of action and the broad outlines of strategic plans for the campaigns in each of the nine administrative regions in which the LGE will be contested. The processes for identifying candidates, issues of concerns to citizens, campaign structure, methodologies, organization and funding and other matters were discussed and decisions taken,” the statement noted.

Members of the NEC from the 10 Administrative Regions and across the diaspora participated in the discourse which started around 09:00hrs and ended about 16:30hrs.
The NEC will reconvene on July 28, 2018 to further advance the LGE campaign and take further strategic decisions, the statement added.