‘Region 10 will get WIN and APNU’ - Jagdeo

‘Region 10 will get WIN and APNU’ – Jagdeo

Oct 17, 2025 News

…declares PPP/C has no interest in controlling the region

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo

(Kaieteur News) – Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has denied claims that the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) formed an alliance with the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) during the recent Regional Democratic Council (RDC) elections to elect Chairpersons and Vice Chairpersons. And he also said that the PPP/C had no interest in taking control of Region or Ten.

“We have no interest in the leadership of Region 10. The people want WIN and APNU and they will get WIN and APNU and in Region Seven too, they will get WIN or APNU. We allowed our councillors in that region to vote however they wish and whomever they think. We didn’t direct them to whichever they think they would support and at the end of the day if the elections go back, I can easily say abstain and let them fight among themselves. The people voted, let them have them in Region 10, but in Region 4 the people voted for PPP and we won for the first time,” he said.

Last week the PPP/C and APNU voted together to shut out We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) party from gaining control of regional leadership positions. For region 8 the PPP/C and APNU parties formed alliances to secure the chairmanship and vice chairmanship. The two parties also voted together along with Forward Guyana Movement in Region 10 causing a tie in the election of a chairman.

During his weekly press conference on Thursday, Jagdeo firmly rejected these claims, insisting that there were no formal or informal negotiations between the PPP/C, WIN, or APNU. “This week has been dominated by talks about collaboration between the PPP and APNU and more than that we struck a deal and that deal resulted in the outcomes in a few elections particularly in Regions ten, eight and four that we currently have…we had no formal negotiations or informal negotiations with APNU. Let me make that clear here today, nothing of the sort,” Jagdeo asserted.

WIN leader Azruddin Mohamed

He explained that WIN’s accusations stemmed from dissatisfaction with the election results. Jagdeo added, “They negotiated with APNU to get the Vice Chair and APNU will get the Chair for Region 4 although they got 40 thousand something votes each. They said we got 18 votes and we have 17 councillors so it has to be APNU who voted for us but it could have been a WIN supporter too because it is a secret ballot, how come they know that it is APNU that voted for us, how come it’s not FGM (Forward Guyana Movement) or WIN supporter? WIN was trying to shaft the will of the people in Region 4,” Jagdeo stated.

APNU leader Aubrey Norton

The vice president further alleged that WIN had been cooperating with APNU since the campaign season. “That collaboration started a long time back. Throughout the campaign we saw that. We saw WIN people building their tents for them. But evidence of this emerge now of the confirmation. They are wedded together,” he said.

Explaining the situation in Region Eight, Jagdeo said the PPP/C supported a PNC councillor for the chairmanship because of prior relationships. “We nominated the PNC person because we knew her for a long time and we thought that maybe we should share the region. WIN also nominated the same PNC person and then the returning officer said that since both parties nominated the same person there was no election,” he noted. At the conclusion of the RDC elections, the PPP/C secured chairmanships in eight of the ten regions. Region Seven went to the WIN party, while Region Ten ended in a tie between WIN and APNU.

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