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Harmon concedes APNU has ‘limited resources – that election campaign will be affected

December 3, 2014, Source - Guyana Chronicle

 

LEADER of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Brigadier (rtd) David Granger, earlier this week, in responding to the view that momentum is being lost in the prorogation battle, let slip that his Party is short on resources.

 

Joseph Harmon

Joseph Harmon

 

And APNU General Secretary Joseph Harmon, yesterday in a telephone interview with the Guyana Chronicle, confirmed that the Party is financially constrained.


“We have limited resources; we do not have the largesse as a government has. We rely on the contributions of hardworking supporters, in addition to the funds we raise through fundraisers,” he said.


Harmon acknowledged that the Party’s ability to advance an election campaign, if and when one is called, will be affected by this.


“There are things we want to do we cannot do at the pace because of limited resource…we understand that our supporters want more political action and there is a cost attached to this, so the extent to which we proceed we have to consider the costs,” he said.


However, the APNU General Secretary was confident that the party will be able to work within its means and still have an effective campaign.


“Our supporters remain behind the Party to assist in the work we do. We will rely on ground campaign again, like we did in 2011, in addition to different techniques we are using now and we are confident that this will appeal to the Guyanese people,” he said.


The comments on the party’s financial position follow a call from the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) for more vigorous political action.


“What is evident is that there is urgent need for the Opposition to communicate to the Guyanese public an Action Plan or Road Map for making the Government uncomfortable,” the WPA said in a statement issued last week.


Notably, while the WPA is one of the parties in the APNU coalition, at times its views have differed from those of APNU’s major stakeholder, the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR).


Additionally, the Guyana Chronicle understands that APNU is currently engaged in mobilizing the much needed resources.

 

Harmon concedes APNU has ‘limited resources’ –that election campaign will be affected

Source - http://guyanachronicle.com/har...gn-will-be-affected/

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Originally Posted by seignet:

APNU better get their blasted act together. I am counting on them. I am told they are so poor, there is no office staff or phone. 

 

HELP! HELP!

 

Where is Gerhard?

That is why I was against the MONC in the first place.  What is a priority is LGE and there is no way that the opposition parties would have been able to fund both.

 

The PPP is the incumbent so in addition to misusing tax payer funds to campaign, also benefit from the business elite who wish the status quo to remain.

 

The AFC is even weaker than APNU.  What APNU lacks in funds they can offset with manpower and the race vote.  The AFC has none of that.

 

Having said that recent events have severely tarnished the PPP and it is quite clear that Ramotar is an incompetent clown lacking the basis of charismatic appeal.

FM
Originally Posted by caribny:
Originally Posted by seignet:

APNU better get their blasted act together. I am counting on them. I am told they are so poor, there is no office staff or phone. 

 

HELP! HELP!

 

Where is Gerhard?

That is why I was against the MONC in the first place.  What is a priority is LGE and there is no way that the opposition parties would have been able to fund both.

 

The PPP is the incumbent so in addition to misusing tax payer funds to campaign, also benefit from the business elite who wish the status quo to remain.

 

The AFC is even weaker than APNU.  What APNU lacks in funds they can offset with manpower and the race vote.  The AFC has none of that.

 

Having said that recent events have severely tarnished the PPP and it is quite clear that Ramotar is an incompetent clown lacking the basis of charismatic appeal.

Has Granger solved the internal revolt problem caribee?

FM

The "force ripe" A.F.C no confidence motion that A.P.N.U foolishly endorsed is now haunting the daylight of themselves. From all indications according to a well pleased source, A.P.N.U is almost unable to financially support a full election campaign. 

FM
Originally Posted by caribny:
Originally Posted by seignet:

APNU better get their blasted act together. I am counting on them. I am told they are so poor, there is no office staff or phone. 

 

HELP! HELP!

 

Where is Gerhard?

That is why I was against the MONC in the first place.  What is a priority is LGE and there is no way that the opposition parties would have been able to fund both.

 

The PPP is the incumbent so in addition to misusing tax payer funds to campaign, also benefit from the business elite who wish the status quo to remain.

 

The AFC is even weaker than APNU.  What APNU lacks in funds they can offset with manpower and the race vote.  The AFC has none of that.

 

Having said that recent events have severely tarnished the PPP and it is quite clear that Ramotar is an incompetent clown lacking the basis of charismatic appeal.

 

Bai AFC full a big mout political genius dem. Dem doan understan dem weakness and underestimate how de vote racial. De only thing saving de opposition is de numba. PPP cyant get 51% again. 

FM

QUOTE: '“We have limited resources; we do not have the largesse as a government has. We rely on the contributions of hardworking supporters, in addition to the funds we raise through fundraisers,” he said.'

 

That's the key to understanding Harmon's statement.

All political parties have limited resources relative to the PPP which has free and easy access to state funds/taxpayers' money.

That situation existed in the general elections of 1997, 2001, 2006 and 2011 with the PPP always enjoying the financial advantage. Nothing new.

The PPP largesse didn't prevent them from becoming the first minority government in Guyana's history. That same largesse wouldn't prevent the PPP from losing elections.

There are other factors besides money to be considered. And those factors are not in the PPP's favour.

 

 

 

FM

APNU is running into a lot of troubles by gambling with AFC and Ramjattan. The international community didn't come to APNU's rescue, neither Caricom. Granger refused talk with president and now going back to the poll will cost taxpayers billions of dollars.

 

 

 

 

FM
Originally Posted by Conscience:

The "force ripe" A.F.C no confidence motion that A.P.N.U foolishly endorsed is now haunting the daylight of themselves. From all indications according to a well pleased source, A.P.N.U is almost unable to financially support a full election campaign. 

Shows AFC is a leader vs the thief man party that only wants to thief and rob poor Guyanese.

FM
Originally Posted by Demerara_Guy:

It would be of interest to know from where the PNC benefited financially during its election from 1964 to 1992.

First, you need to identify and establish the PNC financial benefits from 1964 to 1992.

Mitwah
Originally Posted by Mitwah:
Originally Posted by Demerara_Guy:

It would be of interest to know from where the PNC benefited financially during its election from 1964 to 1992.

First, you need to identify and establish the PNC financial benefits from 1964 to 1992.

We have to be fair to the gentleman, Mits.

The PNC regime did have free and easy access to state resources from 1964 to 1992.

The PNC regime did use those resources for partisan purposes.

At that time, the PPP had conceded that it had limited resources in relation to the incumbent PNC.

But, that financial deficiency didn't prevent the PPP 1992 victory.

And that's the point I'm making.

The Chronicle report is vile and mischievous, designed to give the impression that APNU cannot contest elections because of money worries. Joe Harmon should roast their nuts for twisting his honest statement.

FM
Originally Posted by HM_Redux:
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Has Granger solved the internal revolt problem caribee?

HM the AFC is NOT going to get large numbers of APNU votes so don't worry about it.  The only AFC leader they like is Hughes and he isn't the presidential candidate. 

 

Nagamootoo didn't speak to them when he had the chance so forfeited the opportunity to allow them to get to know him, and feel comfortable with him.  Nagamootoo is a PPP man so isn't known to people who were disinterested in what the PPP was about.

 

Your concern shall be that on Saturday the PPP will announce elections, and will then engage in the most vicious and aggressive campaign not only to ensure that they survive, but that they win back parliament and so resume their corrupt dictatorship unimpeded.

 

Does the AFC have the manpower to deprive the PPP of sufficient votes?

 

I can assure you that for the AFC to succeed APNU will not only have to keep its base but to ensure that they VOTE.  Both APNU and the AFC are dirt poor and unprepared, so your question is really only one that the PPP wants to hear.

 

 

Let us hope for your sake that the recklessness of Nagamootoo in triggering an early election, rather than focusing on LGE doesn't backfire.

FM
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Originally Posted by Cobra:

. Granger refused talk with president and now going back to the poll will cost taxpayers billions of dollars.

 

 

 

 

Weren't you the ones who were screaming snap poll mere seconds after the last elections was held.  So why suddenly are you "concerned" about the cost.

FM
Originally Posted by HM_Redux:

When PPP crying out about cost you have to wonder what are they going to protest about next? police brutality in america?

They are already saying that black men are stigmatized as criminals and so shot and killed, so its OK if the PPP does the same thing in Guyana.

 

After all the new elite celebrate Thanksgiving with a turkey and have "winter" sales in Guyana these days.  And every time a new outlet opens selling food that Americans are fast abandoning for health reasons, they scream that this is a sign of "progress".

FM
Last edited by Former Member
Originally Posted by caribny:
And every time a new outlet opens selling food that Americans are fast abandoning for health reasons, they scream that this is a sign of "progress".

Perhaps, it would be useful to identify the specific operations abandoned in the US_of_A but are newly established in Guyana,

FM
Originally Posted by Demerara_Guy:

It would be of interest to know from where the PNC benefited financially during its election from 1964 to 1992.

 

Originally Posted by Demerara_Guy:
Originally Posted by caribny:
And every time a new outlet opens selling food that Americans are fast abandoning for health reasons, they scream that this is a sign of "progress".

Perhaps, it would be useful to identify the specific operations abandoned in the US_of_A but are newly established in Guyana,

Likewise, it would be useful to identify the specific Financial benefits of the PNC from 1964 to 1972. You were the PNC engineer back then.

Mitwah
Originally Posted by caribny:
Originally Posted by HM_Redux:
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Has Granger solved the internal revolt problem caribee?

. . . Let us hope for your sake that the recklessness of Nagamootoo in triggering an early election, rather than focusing on LGE doesn't backfire.

huh?!

 

caribny, idle people like u will whine Guyana right back into 2006

 

and . . . what's with this "for your sake" business?

 

banna you seed a stiff dose of 'seriousness' therapy

 

smh

FM
Originally Posted by caribny:

That is why I was against the MONC in the first place.  What is a priority is LGE and there is no way that the opposition parties would have been able to fund both . . .

might i suggest that when u find yourself in sync and on the same page as Ravi Dev, bobby and bharat, it's time to wheel and check yourself

 

serious

FM
Last edited by Former Member
Originally Posted by Mitwah:
Originally Posted by Demerara_Guy:

It would be of interest to know from where the PNC benefited financially during its election from 1964 to 1992.

 

Originally Posted by Demerara_Guy:
Originally Posted by caribny:
And every time a new outlet opens selling food that Americans are fast abandoning for health reasons, they scream that this is a sign of "progress".

Perhaps, it would be useful to identify the specific operations abandoned in the US_of_A but are newly established in Guyana,

Likewise, it would be useful to identify the specific Financial benefits of the PNC from 1964 to 1972. You were the PNC engineer back then.

Like PNC Ingineer mouph dried up like Amelia Falls?

Mitwah

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