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APNU launches Local Government Election campaign in Berbice
In a fiery election rally with speaker after speaker accusing the PPP government of inept governance, the main opposition party A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) on Friday intensified its election campaigned for the impending local government election with a rally in New Amsterdam.
The rally was organised by the PNC/R’s youth arm, the Guyana Youth and Student Movement (GYSM) and was addressed by Party Leader and Majority Leader in Parliament, David Granger and a number of other speakers, including youth leaders and members of Parliament James Bond, Annette Ferguson, Christopher Jones and Regional Councilors Kerwin Crawford and Hasrat Hussein.
Opposition Leader David Granger
New Amsterdam Mayor Claude Henry made the welcome and the opening remarks and introduced the chairman of the night’s proceedings, Regional Councilor Jeauvhan Stephen.
Mr. Granger, in his short address, mentioned the many alleged atrocities committed by the ruling party. He told the audience that the APNU is destined to win and make a clean sweep in the upcoming elections. He urged party members to work hard and not to make the mistake like in 2011 when a number of them did not vote. Mr. Granger in his address highlighted the party’s symbol which he says is a good one.
He accused the PPP of sowing division among Guyanese.
“Robbery, murder, suicide, crime and piracy are dominating the country and Berbice, it must stop,” the opposition leader said. Granger called on residents to put race aside and vote on issues. He also appealed to youths and women to step forward and take charge.
“We are winners and we will win this Local Government election, but we have to be prepared to work. We must visit all the houses, every street corner and make sure that this time around you all make sure that every eligible voter goes out and casts that ballot in favour of the APNU”.
Members of Parliament James Bond, Annette Ferguson and Christopher Jones and Councilors Crawford and Hussein all weighed in on blasting the government for bad stewardship and a dictatorship style governance. Mention was made of the President’s refusal to sign one of the bills passed in Parliament.
The government’s imposition of its customary 5 percent pay hike on public sector workers- including teachers, nurses and the military and the neglect of the East Bank Berbice road, the high cost to cross the Berbice River bridge also came in for examination at the rally.
MP James Bond
The neglect of the municipalities and the Neigbourhood Democratic Councils, which are integral parts of the local government system, were hot topics and were touched on by all of the speakers, as well as the appointment of City Hall Town Clerk, Carol Soba.
Parliamentarian James Bond stated that even decisions that are made at parliament when the Government Ministers are involved are ignored by the regime.
And Christopher Jones likened Guyana’s situation to that of a plantation. He called it Plantation Ramoutar where everything is imposed on the Guyanese people and one cannot say much.
He told the gathering that braved the inclement weather to vote resoundingly to “release ourselves from the clutches of impending slavery which is being imposed by the PPP dictatorship and Plantation Ramoutar.”
Regional Councillor Kerwin Crawford
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