Following a meeting between the We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) movement and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), the Voice of the People’s Alliance for Change (VPAC) has criticised the two Opposition groupings for failing to reach agreement on a joint statement.
VPAC representative Dorwain Bess said that, after a year of disagreements, the expectation was that the two sides would sit down, resolve their differences and begin demonstrating meaningful cooperation in the national interest.

“After a year of disagreement, the bare minimum expectation was that the two major Opposition parties would sit down, hammer out their differences and begin delivering results. Instead, we got another process for discussing the process,” Bess wrote.
Bess argued that members of the delegations are elected representatives who are paid from the public purse and have a responsibility to deliver results for the people they represent.
“If WIN and APNU cannot agree on something as basic as a joint statement, how are Guyanese expected to believe they are ready for meaningful Opposition cooperation, shared governance or the difficult negotiations required to move this country forward?” he questioned.
He said Guyanese elected their representatives to work together where the national interest demands it, rather than spend time negotiating whether cooperation is possible.
The comments follow a meeting between WIN Leader Azruddin Mohamed and APNU Leader Aubrey Norton, which the parties described as cordial and amicable.
Bess questioned how the two groupings could be expected to undertake more difficult negotiations on Opposition cooperation or shared governance if they could not reach agreement on what he considered a basic joint statement.
“After just one hour face-to-face, they could not even agree on a joint statement. Instead, Guyanese were told they must now await further consultations, a framework and possibly an MOU on how the two parties will work together. We can and must do better, and VPAC will continue to demand it from our elected leaders,” Bess said.
He added that the failure to produce a joint statement raises questions about whether the parties are prepared for the level of negotiation, compromise and cooperation required for any meaningful political arrangement between them.