Georgetown – Long serving party activist, Mrs. Joan Baveghems, has been extracted from the Top Up List of the PNCR/1G List of Candidates for the 2006 General and Regional Elections, to fill the vacancy in the National Assembly created by the death of the late, Mr. Winston Murray.
The PNCR in congratulating Mrs. Baveghems on her elevation to high office, says she will continue to be a militant activist of the working class and will remain in the forefront of advocacy for their causes.
The PNCR has, as a consequence, reassigned responsibilities of its Members of Parliament, including the appointment of Mrs. Volda Lawrence, MP, as its new Shadow Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs. Ms. Cheryl Sampson, MP, will take over responsibilities for Human Services ,Social Security and Women’s Affairs, which was the former remit of Mrs. Lawrence. Deputy Speaker, Mrs. Clarissa Riehl, MP, will now be the new Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs, while Mr. Aubrey Norton will assume responsibilities of Housing and Water. Mr. Keith Scott, MP, has been reassigned as Shadow Minister of Tourism, Trade & Industry while Mr. Ernest Elliot, MP, the portfolio of Works and Communications. Details of the new assignments of PNCR Members of Parliament will soon be published. The PNCR also wishes to advise that Ms. Deborah Backer will be carrying out the functions of PNCR Chief Whip during the absence from Guyana of Mr. Lance Carberry who is scheduled to leave Guyana on Tuesday January 18, 2011 for medical reasons.
