The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) says it envisions yet another ‘close election’ with the balance of power resting heavily on voter turnout. As such, the party said that it will spend the next three months on mobilizing a better turnout among the opposition’s traditional base.
Now that it has joined forces with the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), the party said that the country is closer to seeing a change of government.
“WPA would contest the upcoming elections as part of a coalition with the APNU. This is not unfamiliar territory for the WPA, since we were a foundation member of the APNU and remained an active member of the partnership until 2020.
As is well known, our party advocated for a grand coalition of all opposition forces. While we continue to believe that such a coalition provides the best chance of defeating the PPP, we are confident that the APNU-WPA coalition could achieve the same outcome,” the party said via a statement on Monday.
The WPA also took the opportunity to express its dissatisfaction with the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).
“While WPA enters these elections with much energy and optimism, we must make it clear that we remain unhappy over the behavior of GECOM. Nothing emanating from that body inspires confidence that the process would be free, fair and just. There are too many loopholes and potholes in the system. WPA, therefore, enters the elections in protest against the rigged process, but will fight to undermine the rigging machinery even as we campaign.”
The party maintains that the coalition model is better suited to Guyana’s plural society than the current one-party model.
“We have long concluded that no single party, however strong electorally, could realistically govern Guyana in an impartial and democratic manner. Communal pressures coupled with a penchant for revenge against the other are factors that militate against a single party governing in the interest of all.”
