PPP delegation meets with USA Congressional Staff

Georgetown : The People’s Progressive Party General Secretary, Clement Rohee and a PPP delegation met with a United States Congressional Staff delegation on Thursday, August 27, 2015 at Freedom House, Headquarters of the Party.
Charge d’Affaires Bryan Hunt accompanied the delegation.
The Congressional Staff delegation informed about established custom and practice in the US as regards transitional arrangements from one government to another following Presidential elections in the US.
Efforts by Republicans and Democrats in respect of working together through bipartisan engagements at the Congressional and Senate level on matters of national importance was also explained.
The PPP drew to the delegation’s attention the Guyanese experience since 1992 as regards the establishmentof transitionalteams between outgoing and incoming governments. The Party also drew to the attention of the Congressional team new unwelcome developments whereby the incoming administration has resorted to witch-hunting and the arbitrary dismissal of persons known to be supporters of the PPP employed within the government and state structure.
Further, the Party drew the attention of the Congressional delegation to the more recent electoral demands of the Party following the May 11 General and Regional elections. In this regard, the delegation was informed about the Party’s demand for electoral reform including a new voters’ list, implementation of an e-voting system, advanced biometrics and ethnic balanceand a more transparent process in the recruitment of staff hired by the GECOM.
It was generally understood that electoral reform would be a good basis for building on the good relationship between Guyana and the US.