Latest update April 4th, 2025 6:13 AM
PNCR announces 19th Biennial Congress
– Granger is lone nominee for Party Leader
Under the theme “People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) – Vanguard of a Green Economy”, the Party will commence its three-day Biennial Delegates Congress next week Friday. This Congress will be the 19th of its kind since the Party was initiated some 59 years ago.
Attending the briefing yesterday was Party Chairman Basil Williams; General Secretary, Oscar Clarke; and Assistant General Secretary and Executive Member, Amna Ally.
Williams, who delivered the opening remarks, stated that in accordance to Article 7.2 of the Party’s Constitution, “The supreme authority of the Party shall be the Biennial Delegates Congress, which shall be held at such time and place every two years as the General Council or the Central Executive Committee may decide.”
Zeroing in on the theme, Williams quoted the Leader of the PNCR, David Granger as saying that “Guyana’s Green development strategy will be developed as a template for the Greening of Guyana. Guyana will have a green economy. We will transition our economy rapidly towards renewable, clean and cheaper sources of energy…. We will create Green enterprises and jobs and we will inculcate Green education in our schools”
Williams said that as the largest mass-based Party in Guyana and the largest partner in the Coalition – A Partnership for
From left: PNCR General Secretary, Oscar Clarke; Party Chairman, Basil Williams and Assistant General Secretary and Executive Member, Amna Ally.
National Unity + Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) Administration, the PNCR will lead and show leadership, as the Government works towards achieving this goal of a Green Guyana.
“Meeting in this our Jubilee year, the PNCR recalls with pride, that it was our Party that entered Government as part of a Coalition Administration in December 1964. It was our Party on the 26th May 1966 that embarked on the task of transforming a deeply divided colony into the united Independent State of Guyana. The new state adopted the inspiring motto – One People, One Nation, One Destiny. It was not an empty slogan to adorn our coat of arms, but an article of faith and affirmation of our creed,” Williams said.
He added that Congress is a working session for the party; it is not a period of jubilation, but rather, three days of hard work, where they will not only examine the state of the Party, but make plans for the economic and social development of the nation.
Party Leader David Granger’s keynote address to the Congress, will be presented on the Opening Day – Friday, August 26. The Welcome and Opening Remarks will be delivered by Williams.
The highlight of Day Two – Saturday, August 27 – will be the Report of the General Secretary, Oscar Clarke, which will be followed by two plenary sessions, and on the final day (Sunday 28th August), delegates will vote for a Party Leader, Chairman, two Vice Chairmen, a Treasurer, and fifteen other members who will become the elected members of the Central Executive Committee of the PNCR.
“At this our 19th Biennial Congress, over 500 Delegates and several hundred observers from all ten Administrative Regions of the country; the North America Region of our Party; and the United Kingdom will be in attendance,” Williams said.
Nominated for the Chairmanship are Basil Williams, Robert Corbin and Volda Lawrence. Nominees for Vice Chairman are Dr. George Norton, Beni Rayman, Clement Corlette, Joseph Harmon, Aubrey Norton, James Bond, Dawn Hastings, Christopher Jones and Winston Felix.
Nominees for Treasurer are Ronald Bulkan, Larry London and Annette Ferguson. But according to Oscar Clarke, London has already indicated that he is not interested in running for Treasurer. President David Granger, who is the lone nominee for Party Leader, has agreed to run for that post.
The Returning Officer is former Assistant Commissioner of Police and Attorney-at-Law, Michael Somersall
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