2025 elections Breakaway APNU MPs’ new parties only contesting in limited regions

Former Members of Parliament (MPs) of the Peoples National Congress (PNC)-led A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Amanza Walton-Desir and Simona Broomes – who also served as a Minister of Government under from 2015-2020 – have launched breakaway parties to contest the 2025 polls.
On Nomination Day on Monday, the two parties submitted their lists of candidates to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) during the event at the Umana Yana in Georgetown.

Broomes’ party, Assembly for Liberty and Prosperity (ALP), will be contesting in six regions – the minimum requirement. Broomes says her party will not compete in Regions One (Barima-Waini); Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam); Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) and Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo).
“We have great men and women and young people in this list who wants to see that change and is working towards that,” Broomes said.
During the 2015-2020 tenure of the A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Government, Broomes was tossed around from one Government Ministry to the next.
Broomes was first appointed in 2015 as Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection. There, she served for several months before being moved over to the Ministry of Natural Resources as a junior Minister.

Walton-Desir’s party, Forward Guyana, will be contesting in seven regions. Forward Guyana will not contest in Regions Seven, Eight and Nine. Walton-Desir said her immediate goal is to ensure more parties are represented in the National Assembly.
“This movement is less than 21 days old and we’ve been able to raise candidates in seven out of ten regions,” she pointed out, adding that “we’re not about the optics, we’re here on business”.
Last month, Walton-Desir resigned as an APNU parliamentarian, citing a culture of disrespect within the party. Walton-Desir had joined a long list of APNU members who resigned, over a range of issues with the Aubrey Norton-led party.
In addition to her, MPs Jermaine Figueira and Geeta Chandan-Edmond tendered their resignations. Figueira was an executive member of the PNC, Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), shadow Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, and the PNC’s chairman of Region Ten – one of the party’s strongholds.
Following his resignation, Figueira released a statement to the media explaining his reasons for leaving the party, citing issues such as the PNC’s lack of visionary leadership and its embrace of ethnic antagonism.

Chandon-Edmond announced her endorsement of President Dr Irfaan Ali in the National Assembly, citing issues within the APNU such as its unpatriotic stance on the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy and its condoning of vile and racist remarks against her by party allies.
Natasha Singh-Lewis, another PNC/APNU parliamentarian, recently resigned from the party. Regional Chairman and Vice Chairman of Region Four Daniel Seeram and Samuel Sandy – both PNC/APNU members – have since resigned and are now supporting President Ali and the Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) for a second term in office.
Some other persons who have resigned from the PNC are Dr Richard Van-West Charles, Thandi McAllister, and James Bond.
Meanwhile, on Monday, the Horizon and Star Party led by Hubert Maloney also made a submission to GECOM.