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APNU unveils list of MPs

Dec 21, 2011 News

 

A Partnership For National Unity (APNU) has identified its candidates for the National Assembly and the Regional Democratic Councils, following the official declaration of results for recently held General and Regional Elections.
Among the candidates identified for the National Assembly are Sydney Allicock of the Guyana Action Party (GAP); businessman Ronald Bulkan; Economist, Carl Greenidge; Attorney-at-Law, Joseph Harmon; Opthalmologist, Dr. George Norton and former Commissioner of Police Winston Felix;  Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine and Desmond Trotman of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA); Keith Scott from the National Front Alliance (NFA); Dawn Hastings of Jawalla, Upper Mazaruni; Richard Allen, businessman from Port Kaituma, Region One; accountant and Georgetown Chairman of the PNCR Volda Lawrence; Africo Selman; Attorney-at-Law, Basil Williams; Jaipaul Sharma;. John Adams; Jennifer Wade;. Vanessa Kissoon and Pastor-Consultant, Rennis Morian.
A release from APNU noted that among the young people extracted are Administrator, Annette Ferguson; Youth leader, Christopher Jones; Attorney-at-Law, James Bond; Teacher, Vanessa Kissoon and Justice For All (JFAP) member and Accountant, Jaipaul Sharma.
The four candidates extracted for the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Nine  are former activist of The United Force (TUF) Muacir Baretto from St. Ignatius, Guyana Action Party (GAP) activist, Vincent Henry, People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) activist Dionysia Thres (aka Nieuenkirk) and A.P.N.U Regional Campaign Manager, Carl Parker. Region Two RDC list includes Wazeer Latiff of the WPA.
The release noted that A.P.N.U has only extracted 25 of the 26 names for the National Assembly. The 26th name will be submitted after discussions and consultations are concluded for the Speaker of the National Assembly.
A.P.N.U submitted Lists of Candidates to contest all of the ten Regional Democratic Councils, all ten Geographic Constituencies and the National Top-Up List for the National Assembly on Nomination Day. The total number of candidates approved by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) was 459 as follows: Regional Elections: 327, of whom 138 were women; Geographical Constituency Elections: 45, of whom nineteen were women; National Top-Up List: eighty-seven (87), of whom twenty-nine were women.
GECOM’s declaration of the results showed that A.P.N.U won 16 seats on the National Top-Up List, 10 seats on the Regional Geographic Constituencies List and  73 seats on the ten Regional Democratic Councils.
“The Leadership of A.P.N.U applied the already announced “CEGGO principle” – Competence, Ethnicity, Gender, Geographical, Generational and Occupational diversity – to determine those candidates to be extracted. In addition, their contribution and involvement in the campaign were also considered. Naturally, with so many candidates to choose from, the task was a difficult one, involving extensive consultation with the various partners and the campaign managers in various parts of the country.”
The APNU statement concluded that the extracted persons from the lists “reflect the commitment given by A.P.N.U before the Elections and provide a unique balance of competent people of all ages from all geographic regions of Guyana, all ethnic groups and occupations. Women and youth are well represented and the Partnership is confident that its extracted candidates present a competent and experienced team to work for the achievement of the objectives outlined in our Manifesto and to provide adequate representation of the more than 139,678 voters who expressed confidence in A.P.N.U at the last elections.”

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