(Kaieteur News) – Opposition parties have united in a call for a full, independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the capsising of the MV Barima, which had an unknown number of persons onboard.

On Sunday evening, government officials revealed that the number of persons onboard at the time of the incident may not be the previously reported figure of 133, after it was disclosed that 32 of the 67 persons rescued were not listed on the vessel’s official manifest.

With dozens still unaccounted for, political parties We Invest in Nationhood (WIN), the People’s National Congress/Reform (PNCR)/A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), and the Alliance for Change (AFC) expressed solidarity with families desperately awaiting news of their loved ones who were onboard the vessel.