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APNU halts protests for Local Government Elections – Granger
The main opposition coalition, A Partnership for National Unity, (APNU) will not be continuing its countrywide protest in calls for Local Government Elections, (LGE) this year.
APNU Opposition Leader Brigadier (Ret’d) David Granger
This disclosure was made by Opposition Leader Brigadier (Ret’d) David Granger during a weekly press conference at the party’s main office on Friday.
Granger told media operatives that his party will not resume protests outside Office of the President or elsewhere, for Local Government Elections, since the exercise has proven futile.
While expressing his views on the matter, the Opposition Leader described the PPP Administration as a party suffering from “administrative fatigue.” As such he noted that the country will only be rid of the cabal through General Elections.
Last year, party members and scores of supporters held demonstrations in front of government offices in all six Municipalities – Georgetown, Linden, New Amsterdam, Rose Hall, Corriverton and Anna Regina. The exercises were in an effort to ensure that the long overdue LGE were held.
During the demonstration exercise, Granger reminded the government that LGE is a vital aspect of democracy and noted that LGE is a constitutional obligation and a democratic entitlement of the Guyanese people, not an option of the executive branch of government.
The opposition leader had issued an ultimatum to President Donald Ramotar to announce a date for the elections and called on all “good people” to demand their ‘inalienable’ right to elect the persons they want to represent them in their towns, villages and neighbourhoods.
Local Government Elections were last held in 1994 but the event is scheduled to be held after four years.
Such an election would give all Guyanese an opportunity to elect individuals they believe best serve the local interest in their Communities, Districts and Municipalities.
Since the last LGE in 1994, a small number of the councils that were voted in at the time remain in place, while most have been replaced by Interim Management Committees (IMCs) which were implemented by the government.
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