Presidential candidate for A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Aubrey Norton
Presidential candidate for A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Aubrey Norton, on Friday declared that the party has completed its manifesto for the 2025 General and Regional Elections but remained mum on the contents and the release date for the document.
Speaking at his party’s weekly virtual press conference on Friday, Norton said that the document was compiled following four years of engagement with the Guyanese people and professionals.
“In preparing our manifesto, time was invested in discussing and integrating the various positions of the collision partners. Additionally, our manifesto has also benefited from the advice of experts,” Norton said.
Norton was also reluctant to reveal when the party would launch the manifesto and have the document be released to the public.
Norton deflected from saying whether the manifesto will include a “100 days plan” similar to what was first included in the party’s manifesto when it campaigned jointly with the AFC in 2015.
“When the manifesto is out, all that is in the manifesto will be seen,” was all that Norton would offer.
The “100 Days Programme” has become a point of contention in the APNU manifesto after the party was overzealous and failed to implement several of the promises laid out in its 2015 manifesto.
The manifesto included a 21-point “Action Programme for the First 100 Days” of the APNU+AFC government, with promises including “liberalisation of the telecommunications and ICT sectors”, reduction of value added tax, significant increase to the value added tax (VAT), significant increases to old age pensions, and establishment of a Public Procurement Commission (PPC).
Some of the promises, though not accomplished in the first 100 days, were eventually realised months or years later, while in other cases the party never accomplished some of the promises.
