APNU's announced leadership team confirms the alliance is a mere political makeover of the PNC

Reacting to the announcement of APNU’s leadership team, the governing Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) said it “confirms a widely held view that this so-called alliance is a mere political makeover of the PNC” for general elections slated for November 28. “A cursory glance at the list announced today reveals that that 96% of persons are affiliated with the PNC. Another startling fact is that many were part of the PNC when that party was in Government, showing clearly that many of the young and new faces, who until recently held prominent positions in the PNC, choose not to be part of this electoral scheme,” PPPC campaign spokesman, Robert Persaud said in an initial reaction.

Calling APNU the PNC by another name, Persaud noted that APNU prime ministerial candidate, Rupert Roopnaraine comes from a bygone political era and without any political supporters and cannot take away from the fact that the APNU is unable to present a credible, forward-looking team. “Further, many PNC supporters, especially the younger ones who are joining the ranks of the PPP/C complain that they are yet to either hear or read about the group's vision for Guyana,” he said in apparent reference to APNU’s yet to be unveiled manifesto. “Clearly, the APNU leadership is just more of the old PNC by another name with more of the same, old and failed ideas,” he added.