APNU, AFC to craft Local Govt. Elections accord... Campaign preparations activated

APNU, AFC to craft Local Govt. Elections accord… Campaign preparations activated

May 04, 2018 News

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) could meet as early as next Monday to start crafting an accord to contest the upcoming Local Government Elections (LGE) as a coalition.
AFC Leader, Raphael Trotman, yesterday wrote to APNU Leader, David Granger to propose the meeting of the two parties, and also provided details of some AFC positions for negotiation of the LGE Accord.
According to the AFC, the party has named its team for the discussions which include David Patterson, the Minister of Public Infrastructure; Michael Carrington, Member of Parliament; Marlon Williams, the party’s General Secretary and Dr. Vincent Adams, who was named to review the Cummingsburg Accord between the two parties at the national level.
Mr. Trotman’s letter was mandated by the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) which met on May 1.
The AFC’s National Executive Committee (NEC) stipulated that the party will allow additional time for the two parties to have a definitive written agreement in the form of a LGE Accord.
According to the AFC, the NEC also took a decision for all party groups to fully activate its campaign preparation protocols.
“This will commence in earnest,” the AFC stated.
President Granger wrote to Trotman on Monday in response to a February 26th letter, in which the AFC Leader detailed issues of concern to the party and sought for the two parties to engage in discussions.
Government believes that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has received sufficient funding and should be ready to hold Local Government Elections (LGE) by mid-November.
Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan, recently told Kaieteur News that GECOM has received direct funding from Government to the tune of $3.4B, which includes $500M from last year.
In recent weeks, there have been calls from the coalition for house-to-house verification. The People’s Progressive Party rejected the calls, highlighting that if GECOM undertakes house-to-house verification, it could likely delay the holding of LGE.
There have been three local government elections since Guyana gained independence in 1966. The first was held in 1970, then 1994 and 2016. Bulkan explained that when elections are held later this year, it will be the first time in post-colonial history that successive Local Government Elections are held as constitutionally due.

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