Elections fever heats up!
September 7, 2014 By
PPP/C General Secretary Clement Rohee
– parties “testing waters” in house-to-house visits
BY SVETLANA MARSHALL
Internally, leading candidates are being identified. On the outskirts, the stage is being set for General and Regional Elections.
“A better life for all Guyanese” will soon become the clichÉ of the day, as political parties eye the leadership of the country, ahead of the debate on the no-confidence motion against the Government.
PPP/C
In its quest to regain the majority in the National Assembly, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) is campaigning for the establishment of a “Broad National Democratic Front”, in addition to the staging of several “bottom house meetings”. According to General Secretary Clement Rohee, the party has met a number of stakeholders. The response, he said, is overwhelming.
AFC General Secretary David Patterson
“The party’s engagement with a wide range of stakeholders has revealed that resentment is growing increasingly as a result of the Opposition’s misuse of parliamentary power and the abuse of their one-seat majority,” he said.
In addition to consulting with members, regular citizens and stakeholders, the party has been conducting extensive field work to ensure that the Preliminary List of Electors (PLE) produced by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is credible. Thus far, it has unearthed a series of discrepancies from fake addresses to fabricated names.
In its 2011 Manifesto, the PPP/C said it would have achieved a modern Guyana – a country which would be the preferred place to live and work by the end of 2016. Under the theme “Macroeconomic Stability for Long Term Sustainability”, the ruling party said it would continue to accelerate economic growth through effective management.
Although the PPP/C Government’s term has not come to an end, it has thus far lived up to its promise in this regard. For the past eight years, Guyana has recorded positive economic growth.
The expansion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) and the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project were among other initiatives promoted by the Government; however, these projects have thus far been stymied due to stern objections by the Opposition.
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