{"id":25757,"date":"2025-01-22T15:43:16","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T15:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25757"},"modified":"2025-02-28T11:42:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T11:42:46","slug":"pncr-explores-coalition-options-ahead-of-2025-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/pncr-explores-coalition-options-ahead-of-2025-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"PNCR Explores Coalition Options Ahead of 2025 Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Josiah Williams<\/em><br><em>December 13, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The People\u2019s National Congress Reform (PNCR) is actively engaging in coalition talks with other political parties as it prepares for the 2025 general and regional elections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton confirmed these developments during a press conference, stating that the party has held discussions with several groups, including the Alliance for Change (AFC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Norton highlighted that the PNCR\u2019s congress and executive committee have both approved forming coalitions, and discussions with AFC representative Nigel Hughes are ongoing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The PNCR also indicated its willingness to collaborate with any party, except the ruling People\u2019s Progressive Party (PPP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Norton further acknowledged internal challenges within the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), which were also part of the discussions during coalition talks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, PPP General Secretary Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo dismissed the coalition talks as inconsequential. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He referenced the 2020 elections, where a coalition of 16 political parties under the APNU+AFC banner was unable to secure victory against the PPP. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jagdeo assured PPP supporters that the party remains confident in its position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The general and regional elections are slated for the latter half of 2025, with political parties beginning preparations for the electoral contest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Josiah WilliamsDecember 13, 2024 The People\u2019s National Congress Reform (PNCR) is actively engaging in coalition talks with other political parties as it prepares for the 2025 general and regional&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19892,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[388,350,351],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elections-2025","category-news","category-politics"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25757"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25758,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25757\/revisions\/25758"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}