THE announcement of May 11 as Elections Day prompted the governing People’s Progressive Party (PPP) to reiterate its readiness to head to the polls and regain its majority in the National Assembly.“The PPP welcomes the much anticipated announcement of Elections Day 2015…the Party is ready and steady for these elections,” said the PPP General Secretary, Mr. Clement Rohee, in a statement.
According to him, the Party’s machinery is “well-oiled” and its members, supporters and well-wishers are in the “mood” for a return to the poll – an undertaking that is expected to end the current political impasse.
“They are about to be afflicted by elections fever now that May 11th has been announced as ‘E’ Day. The Party will be going to these elections with a spirit of optimism and confidence,” he declared.
Rohee said the PPP will “exert every effort” to continue the long-standing Party tradition of achieving victory at the Polls as it did since 1957, save for the period from 1968 to 1992 when the Guyanese people’s democratic right to elect a Government of their choice was stolen from them by the People’s National Congress (PNC).
“The people won back that right in 1992 and Guyana was once again placed firmly on the path to social and economic progress, coupled with the upholding of the political, civil and cultural rights of all Guyanese people,” Rohee said.
Consequently, the PPP General Secretary issued a call to all Guyanese to rally behind the winning symbol of the “Cup” to ensure that progress continues and the gains made to date are consolidated.

(Vanessa Narine)