– TUF Presidential Candidate Peter Persaud confident about party going to the polls
Presidential Candidate of the Alliance for Change (AFC), Mr. Khemraj Ramjattan, said expelled executive of The United Force (TUF), Ms. Valerie Garrido-Lowe, as well as other TUF executives have joined the AFC. “All executive members except three of them from TUF are with us,” he said in an invited comment prior to submitting the party’s List of Candidates to the Chief Elections Officer on Thursday
According to him, the AFC stands a good chance at the polls with the addition of Mr. Moses Nagamootoo from the Peoples’ Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C), Mr. Van West Charles from the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and others.
“We are going to win these elections…we have people with experience, talent and brilliance…I am absolutely confident of a win,” Ramjattan said.
The AFC Presidential Candidate said the AFC’s platform addressed issues significantly affecting Guyanese people, pointing to reduction of taxes, lowering the cost of living and a review of the constitution.
“We want to bring this country back to reason-based and issues-based and the AFC is the party to do that. The majority of Guyanese are coming around to understand that this is indeed the way for Guyana,” Ramjattan said.

TUF CONFIDENT
TUF Presidential Candidate, Peter Persaud, said the party is confident going to the 2011 polls, despite recent challenges.
In an invited comment, Persaud told the Guyana Chronicle TUF is looking to do right by all Guyanese people.
The founder of The Amerindian Action Movement of Guyana (TAAMOG), Persaud stated that the concerns of Amerindians and all Guyanese will be dealt with equally in the interest of improving the lives of all.
When asked, Persaud noted that TUF has not yet chosen a prime ministerial candidate.
The party’s executives responsible for the day-to-day running of the party are Ismail Muhammad, Chairman Dennis Lee, Treasurer; Murtland Williams, Executive Member; and Elton Chase, the GECOM-accredited chief scrutineer for The United Force.
The United Force first contested national elections in 1964, when it received 12.4 per cent of the vote and won seven seats, becoming the junior partner in a coalition government with the People’s National Congress. In the 1968 elections, its share of the vote fell to 7.4 per cent and it was reduced to four seats in Parliament.
The party did not contest any elections during the 1970s, but returned in 1980, receiving 2.9 per cent of the vote and winning two seats. It retained the two seats in the 1985 elections, before being reduced to a single seat in 1992. It retained its single seat in elections in 1997, 2001 and 2006.