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THE RACE FOR REGION TEN IS ON

Nov 24, 2011 Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom

The competition for the two seats in Region Ten looks very exciting at this stage. APNU should easily get one seat but the second seat is up for grabs with the latest poll numbers suggesting that the PPP and the AFC are in a tight race for this prize.
It is therefore not at all surprising that the PPP is making a last gasp effort to try to woo further support in Region Ten. Given the historic voting patterns in that region, the PPP has done well in garnering support over the years but it may face the ignominy of officially losing a seat to the AFC in Region Ten this time.
The AFC did contend that it did win a seat in Region Ten in the 2006 elections, a position that was supported by a local observer mission. The AFC can this time pip the PPP in Region Ten, provided the numbers stay unchanged.
The PPP will be very disappointed with this result as well as the AFC which must have been hoping that it could get the better of APNU this time around. The latest poll numbers indicate that the AFC and PPP combined have 49 per cent of the vote with APNU holding 45 per cent with five per cent still undecided. The undecided is the segment that the PPP and the AFC will be targeting to get that critical extra seat from Region Ten.
APNU’s overall support in Region Ten is still strong enough for them to get the most votes even though a majority seems now out of the question for APNU. In 2006, the PNCR got 52 per cent of the votes cast in the general elections in this region which was once a bastion of its support.
This time, APNU, according to the latest poll numbers, stands at 45 per cent which is slightly below what the PNCR polled in 2006 in that region but way more than sufficient to get one seat from that region with the other up for grabs between the AFC and the PPP.
The implication for the PPP losing to the AFC in Linden is that the Prime Ministerial candidate of the PPP could well end up having to be a non-elected member of the National Assembly since he is on the list of the PPPC candidates for Region Ten and if the PPP loses to the AFC in Linden then Sam Hinds cannot represent Region Ten in the National Assembly.
Things can still change in the remaining days leading to the election and the PPP is therefore likely to pull out all the stops in the hope of denying the AFC a seat from Region Ten. It will be close race based on the poll numbers.
The campaign in now in its final days and there is a sprint to the finish. Despite the competition, people are having a good time with these elections. They are enjoying the campaign and while there have been some disturbing incidents, the elections has provided its fair share of excitement and interest.
A great many people are going to be very bored when it is all over.
Some of party activists and volunteers have been working overtime putting up the flags of their respective parties. It is interesting that today you can pass in some areas and see the flags of both APNU and the PPPC flying side by side. There has been a good understanding by those putting up these paraphernalia and this augurs well for the peacefulness of the campaign.
At the end of the elections, it is hoped that all the parties would make an effort to take down their elections paraphernalia and clean up the communities of their election material.
It is also hoped that when the elections are completed that there will be some symbolic ceremony in which the various parties would exchange their flags (and perhaps pleasantries) just like opposing teams do as a friendly gesture just before the kickoff of an international football match.
The spirit has been generally good and it should continue after the elections. There are admittedly a number of persons who are scared about the prospects of violence but all of the main parties have signed on to a code of conduct agreeing to accept the results of the elections and are opposed to violence. They should be trusted to keep to their word.

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