Georgetown: Stay focused was the warning of Prime Ministerial Candidate of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Rupert Roopnaraine, as he addressed a sizeable gathering of supporters at the Square of the Revolution in the city. The mobilization of the gathering stemmed from the belief of party officials that there were unacceptable discrepancies that were discovered following the General Elections last Monday.
Roopnaraine speculated that the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), whose Presidential Candidate, Donald Ramotar was elected President following the declaration of results on Thursday, has been incorporating tactics that are likely to scare even children. But according to Roopnaraine the actions of the APNU is not intended to bring harm to anyone.
The APNU’s Presidential Candidate, David Granger, said that the party has also been able to decipher where some 10,000 Statement of Polls have disappeared to. APNU Officials at a media briefing yesterday said that the missing SOPs, which represented some of the South Georgetown votes, appeared not to have been included in the final count undertaken by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). “We want a verification of polls from all of Guyana…more than half of the people don’t support the PPP! We have been telling people to come out…and a lot of people did come out and vote…”
Regarding elections day as a historic day, Granger said that “I feel Monday was a demonstration of your determination after 19 years of poverty and suffering…This is a do or die situation; let us tell Ramotar, the PPP and GECOM that we will have a better life…” Granger asserted.
Referring to the party’s reaction as a battle, Granger pointed out that “it is not a racial battle it is one to help people have a good life; it is a battle for better, for a decent life, it is for students, Amerindians, poor people…it is for all Guyanese.” According to Granger under the present arrangement “we will not get it…the struggle is not over; we will continue to fight…”
In light of this, he urged the people to remain mobilized as “we are not going to rest until we get a good life.” He pointed out that at the moment there is too much discrimination and victimization in the country a state of affairs that must come to an end. As a result he noted that the APNU is prepared “to do whatever it takes until our objectives are met.”
In the company of the APNU executive officials the gathering made their way down to GECOM’s Main Street office which was by then barricaded and flanked by police officers. The gathering, in protesting mode, remained there for short while before returning to the Square of the Revolution where they are presently mobilized.
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