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A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has

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regained control of Georgetown, despite losing at CMRC – King and...
 Nov 14, 2018
ground to the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) at
Monday’s Local Government Elections (LGE). The 2018 Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor

Volda Lawrence, Minister of Public Health and Racing Championships (CMRC) came to a close

Chair of the People’s National Congress (PNC), officially Monday evening when the awards

the largest party in the APNU group, said that the ceremony concluded at Guyana’s Ramada Princess

party has work to do on the ground. Hotel at Providence,...

In total, APNU secured 21 seats on the 30-

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member council; PPP, seven seats; and Alliance
For Change (AFC), two seats. Returning Officer of Georgetown, Duarte
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In 2016, APNU had secured 25 seats; the PPP Hetsberger delivers the results in the presence of
gives back to ‘old’ club...
and AFC, two seats each. GECOM’s PRO Yolanda Ward [right] and the  Nov 14, 2018
Voter turnout in the city was abysmal at 28.3% RO’s clerk, Michelle Miller.
which represented a decline when compared with
2016 when it was 37.6%.
According to GECOM, 28,436 votes were cast from the list of 119,374 eligible voters. New GVF President Levi
Lawrence did not believe that the despondency of voters was responsible for the low turnout. Nedd attends FIVB...
 Nov 14, 2018
Patricia Chase-Green’s stint as Mayor and the overall management of the APNU-dominated City Council
has attracted sharp criticisms from citizens.
Lawrence stated that there were no formal discussions on whether the party has plans to have Chase-
Green, who won her Constituency comprehensively, re-elected Mayor when the Council convenes its first
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“We have not discussed that but I am quite certain that when we do and we decide on who we would like to Pouderoyen and...
be the Mayor, all Georgetown will be pleased,” Lawrence said.  Nov 14, 2018
She added, “Each and every one of our candidates are eligible to be the Mayor.”
According to the official results declared by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), under the
Proportional Representation system, APNU got 18,127 votes and secured nine seats; PPP picked up four EBFA Senior KO….
seats with 7,050 votes while the AFC received their two total seats via the 3,059 votes cast in their favour. Soesdyke needle
APNU secured 12 Constituency seats and the PPP – four seats.
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Lawrence said that the low turnout affected all contestants.
“What we see it as is taking stock of that fact that we need to do more to educate people about Local
Government. I believe many persons have not bought in to Local Government. I believe there were a lot of
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expectations. There were personal expectations that did not materialise and so a few people felt that they
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shouldn’t at this time exercise that franchise within their constituency,” Lawrence noted.  Nov 14, 2018
She stated that the results indicate that there is work to be done on the ground, essentially, meeting people
one-on-one.
“We have to get out there and get the job done,” Lawrence said.
She noted that the party is not going to use the LGE results as a measure of the 2020 General Elections,
since voters see participation in the national elections as a must as opposed to the LGE. Features/Columnists
Lawrence said that as policymakers, there is need to relook at expanding the composition of the Council as
there are Constituencies that are fairly large.
The AFC and the LGE results:
The parties have to inform GECOM of their Proportional Representation.
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the AFC head office. The occupants of

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Nalissa Ferguson – PPP

Constituency #3
A Change of Fortune
Dimitri Ali – PPP
He had come to the United States on
a visitor’s visa. But he could never
Constituency #4
explain just how he managed to
Alfred Mentore – APNU
convince the consular... more

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Akeem Peters – APNU Identity and dignity lost with the CCJ

Constituency #6 By Sir Ronald Sanders The referenda,

Param Persaud – PPP held individually in Antigua and
Barbuda and Grenada, on replacing
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Ivelaw Henry – APNU

Firemen cause the country

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Gregory Fraser – APNU tremendous embarrassment

Constituency #9 Sometime back an individual sent me

Shonelle Smith-Daniels – APNU one of those jokes that people usually
circulate on social media. It was about
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Heston Bostwick – APNU

Tomorrow is Local Government

Constituency #11
Yvonne Ferguson – APNU Elections. Vote for….

Constituency #12 The constitutionally-protected right

Patricia Chase-Green – APNU and duty to vote allows eligible

Guyanese to play a meaningful role in

Constituency #13 determining... more

Trichria Richards – APNU
Party control of Local Government: A
Constituency #14
Denroy Tudor – APNU mini-general election tomorrow

Tomorrow Guyanese participate in

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their second local government election
Cilesia Hall – APNU
in two years—the first time in fifty
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