Georgetown : The People’s Progressive Party-Civic salutes Independence Day 2011 and greets it as yet another milestone reached by the Guyanese people on their onward march to prosperity and greater freedoms. May 26, 2011 marks the 45th anniversary of our liberation from the colonial rule of the British Empire. .
The Party statement reads “we recalls the arduous struggle of the Guyanese people to achieve independence against daunting odds; odds that seemed insuperable, but were nevertheless overcome in great triumph. That struggle has a long history which could be said to have begun with the first blow struck against slavery, to be followed by further blows against indentureship. We have truly become in 2011: ONE PEOPLE, ONE NATION, ONE DESTINY.
The party says today, Guyanese can look back in pride at their glorious struggle and then count their present blessings under the dynamic and democratic PPP-Civic Government. Although only in power for 18 years, the Party has been able to transform Guyana from the sorry state of affairs which existed prior to that watershed year of 1992.
Today, the Guyanese people can boast of political and economic freedoms, basic human rights, free and fair elections, enough food to eat, fine clothes to wear and a dynamic housing programme, coupled to a booming construction industry.
There is no shortage of house lots. Those who today do not have a house lot, either do not actually need one or qualify for one at this point in time or already have one. The still too numerous squatting areas with their squalor, are being regularized at a rapid pace and are being replaced by varying degrees and quality of decent housing. Our housing programme is second to none in the world and so is our overseas scholarship programme.
There is full freedom to travel, full freedom of association and full freedom of worship. Social services like health care and education are basically free to all citizens; while there is an on going programme to bring electrification to all areas where citizens live.”
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