ANUG sidelined in WIN’s parliamentary lineup

WE Invest in Nationhood (WIN), the new political party which now leads the opposition, has announced its team that will be heading into parliament, with reportedly no representative from its partner, A New and United Guyana (ANUG).

Coming out of the September 1, 2025, General and Regional Elections, the party gained 16 seats in Guyana’s 65-seat parliament.
On Saturday night, a photo labelled ‘members of parliament’ was circulated on social media by members of the party.
Former ANUG executive Althia King, since the announcement has accused WIN of betraying the terms of the agreement between the two parties.
According to reports, King took to social media and noted that a draft of the proposed legally binding contract between WIN and ANUG promised one parliamentary seat if WIN secured at least five seats and two seats if it won 16 seats.

“Despite those doubts, many of us hoped for the best for ANUG and kept an intent watch on WIN’s pursuit to succeed in the elections,” King said in the post.
“Naturally, we all hoped those sacrifices would at least amount to something that could give us some form of gratification for what essentially tore the party apart.”
The 16 heading to parliament are Dawn Hastings Williams, Tabitha Sarabo Halley, Azruddin Mohamed, Odessa Primus, Natasha Singh-Lewis, Duarte Hetsberger, Leslyn Gale-Lowe, Vishnu

Panday, Beverly Cornelius, Gobin Harbajan, Deon LaCruz, Nandranie Singh, Dr Gordon Barker, Janelle Sweatnam, Dr Ryan Richards and Dr Andre Lewis.
Mark Defrance, the leader of ANUG, which had joined forces with WIN ahead of the elections, shared the photo, but he was not listed as a member of Parliament for the party.
In his post, he stated, “You bear a huge responsibility to your supporters and Guyana at large. Do not let my people down. Be the change you want to see.”
Many persons in the comments of the post highlighted the fact that ANUG’s representation among the 16 was missing, with some questioning Defrance why he was not part of that list.
One individual questioned, “What was the purpose of your ‘partnership’ really?”

Defrance in responding to one comment, which asked where ANUG’s representation is in the lineup, only said, “Right there,” but offered no insight on who that representative or representatives are.
ANUG joined forces with WIN, which U.S.-sanctioned businessman Azruddin Mohamed formed at the end of June.
At that time, two founding members of the small party, Ralph Ramkarran and Timothy Jonas, announced their resignations from the party when it was absorbed by WIN.

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