Executives vow to leave ANUG if it teams up with major political parties

A New and United Guyana (ANUG) is intent on contesting the 2025 elections independently, with the party executives vowing to leave the party if it ever joins forces with any of the major parties.
ANUG, one of the new parties to emerge out of the 2020 election season, is gearing up to contest the 2025 elections. During a press conference last week, the party gave a glimpse into its plans for the upcoming elections.
Those plans include the party’s continued independence, with ANUG General Secretary, Senior Counsel Timothy Jonas, making it clear he will leave the party if it ever joins up with one of the major parties.

“We will not align with APNU or PPP…we saw that with AFC. As long as we have a two-party race in Guyana, our problems will keep perpetuating. So, we’re not aligning with either one. Or if we do, it won’t be with me as part of ANUG. I’ll leave,” Jonas said.
Similar sentiments were expressed by ANUG Chairman Kian Jabour, who also promised to leave the party if it ever joins forces with the main parties.
Last week, ANUG called on the Leader of The New Movement (TNM), Dr Asha Kissoon to vacate her seat in the National Assembly, which was supposed to have been done since last November, calling her action undemocratic and a breach of trust.

According to the Joinder List Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), given the 244 votes garnered during the 2020 General and Regional Elections by TNM, it was entitled to occupy the seat for 91 days.
Jabour had indicated during a recent press conference that his party gave Dr Kissoon an opportunity to represent her constituents, but this has been met with mistrust.
Meanwhile, it was reported in another section of the media, that a letter was sent to Guyana Elections Commission by the representative of the list of The New Movement (TNM) to have Kissoon removed from Parliament.
ANUG joined its 2313 votes with the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) and The New Movement (TNM) obtaining 2657 and 244 votes respectively, following the 2020 general and regional elections, in order to rotate one parliamentary seat among themselves.
Based on the joinder agreement, each party would occupy the shared seat for a specific period. The stipulated duration of the terms by each party are two years, six months, and 20 days for the LJP; while ANUG would serve for two years five months, and TNM for 80 days. The three parties had previously committed to acting as a broker between the Government and the main Opposition.