The op­po­si­tion UNC has re­ject­ed ru­mours that the par­ty has man­dat­ed its mem­bers against at­tend­ing Pres­i­dent-elect Chris­tine Kan­ga­loo’s in­au­gu­ra­tion on Mon­day. This was con­firmed by chief whip, David Lee in a me­dia re­lease on Sat­ur­day 

It stat­ed as fol­lows: 

As Op­po­si­tion Chief Whip I wish to re­ject re­ports in the pub­lic do­main that there are plans by the UNC to boy­cott the Pres­i­dent’s In­au­gu­ra­tion.  There is no man­date or pol­i­cy which pre­vents any UNC Par­lia­men­tar­i­an from at­tend­ing Mon­day’s events. 

At the Op­po­si­tion’s last Par­lia­men­tary Cau­cus on Feb­ru­ary 24th, 2023, it was unan­i­mous­ly agreed by all mem­bers that Op­po­si­tion Par­lia­men­tar­i­ans wish­ing to at­tend the event can do so. 

The Op­po­si­tion has al­ways and will al­ways re­spect the Of­fice of the Pres­i­dent as well as its Of­fice hold­ers hence our pre­vi­ous calls to en­sure it was not held by an ac­tive par­ti­san politi­cian.