Alliance for Change (Guyana)
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Alliance for Change | |
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| Leader | Nigel Hughes |
| Chairperson | David Patterson |
| General Secretary | Raphael Trotman |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Ideology | Progressivism Social liberalism Multiracialism |
| Political position | Centre to centre-left |
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The Alliance for Change (AFC) is a liberal political party in Guyana. It formed a joint electoral list with A Partnership for National Unity alliance for the 2015 elections, serving as a centrist partner in a joint APNU+AFC government.
History
[edit]The party was established in 2005 by three MPs who left other parties; Raphael Trotman of the People's National Congress, Khemraj Ramjattan of the People's Progressive Party and Sheila Holder of the Working People's Alliance.[1] Trotman became the leader of the party.
In the 2006 elections, the party received 8.1% of the vote, winning six seats. Their vote share increased to 10.3% in the 2011 elections, which saw the party win seven seats.
After the 2011 elections, the combined seats of the AFC and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) parties outnumbered the previously dominant People's Progressive Party (PPP). As a result, the APNU+AFC alliance was able to block some of the PPP's policy goals. They threatened a motion of no confidence against the PPP in 2015, triggering the 2015 elections.[2]
For the 2015 elections, the AFC formed a joint electoral list with the APNU. The combined list won 33 seats, a majority of a single seat, allowing PNC/APNU leader David A. Granger to become president.[2]
In 2018, Charrandas Persaud, a member of AFC in the National Assembly, broke ranks with the party to vote in favor of a no-confidence motion against the APNU+AFC government, resulting in the motion passing by a single vote. Persaud was removed from the AFC and Parliament, and fled to Canada.[3] Six months of legal battles over the validity of the vote ensued, with the result confirmed in June 2019. This led to the 2020 Guyanese general election.[4]
During the 2023 Guayana Esequiba crisis and increased tensions with Venezuela, Alliance For Change called for a ban on Venezuelans with Guyanese citizenship from voting in elections, as well as not granting citizenship to more people from the neighboring country.[5][6]
Election results
[edit]| Election year | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Government |
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| 2006 | Raphael Trotman | 28,366 | 8.43 | 5 / 65 |
New |  3rd |
PPP/C |
| 2011 | Khemraj Ramjattan | 35,333 | 10.32 | 7 / 65 |
2 |
 3rd |
PPP/C minority |
| 2015 | David A. Granger | As part of APNU+AFC | 33 / 65 |
26 |
1st |
APNU+AFC | |
| 2020 | As part of APNU+AFC | 9 / 65 |
 24 |
3rd |
PPP/C | ||
| 2025 | Nigel Hughes | 3,610 | 0.82 | 0 / 65 |
9 |
5th |
Extra-parliamentary |
Elected representatives
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Stacey-Ann Wilson (2012) Politics of Identity in Small Plural Societies: Guyana, the Fiji Islands, and Trinidad and Tobago, Palgrave Macmillan
- 1 2 Ellis, Evan (8 January 2019). "Guyana at Risk: Ethnic Politics, Oil, Venezuelan Opportunism and Why It Should Matter to Washington". Retrieved 10 May 2026.
- ↑ Xing, Lisa (15 January 2019). "Guyanese MP flees to Toronto after receiving death threats for voting against his own government". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
- ↑ Álvarez, Maripaz; Matera, Michael A. (27 February 2020). "Guyana Faces Crucial National Elections on March 2". Center for International and Strategic Studies. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
- ↑ "Oposición guyanesa pide prohibir votar a los venezolanos y no otorgarles más la ciudadanía". Swissinfo. 2023-11-04. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ↑ "Oposición de Guyana pide prohibir votar a los venezolanos y no otorgarles más la ciudadanía". El Nacional. 4 November 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
External links
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