A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has challenged the proposed opposition nominations to Guyana’s Local Government Commission, warning that the process could produce a politically unbalanced body and deepen divisions within the opposition at a critical time for local governance.

In a letter dated August 19, 2026, APNU Leader Aubrey Norton wrote to Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed, expressing concern over what he described as the handling of the opposition’s nominees and the failure to formally engage APNU in the process.

Norton said APNU was informed that Leona Narine and Leslyn Lowe of We Invest in Nationhood (WIN), and Nicholas Chesney of the Forward Guyana Movement (FGM) had been submitted as nominees for consideration. FGM Leader and lone parliamentarian is Amanza Walton-Desir.