POPULAR entrepreneur and former leader of the Blue Caps, Clinton Urling, is among some of the new faces in the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), as political parties presented their list of candidates for the upcoming May 11 Elections to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Tuesday at City Hall.Apart from Urling, the list consisted of other newcomers such as former A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) member, Africo Selman, attorney-at-law, Charles Ramson Jr., popular businessman, Peter Ramsaroop, daughter of Home Affairs Minister/PPP/C General Secretary, Clement Rohee, Rima Rohee and broadcaster, Roshini Boodhoo, just to list a few.

DEMOCRACY – NOT A SPECTATOR SPORT
Members of the media managed to catch up with Urling who stated that “Democracy is not a spectator sport, and at some point in time people always have two choices, either to sit and accept what is happening or get in the game and be a part of the whole policy-making machinery of your country.”
When asked why he chose the PPP/C, he said that “the PPP represents the party of the future, and also when you look at the list of candidates the number of young people compared to the Opposition’s is overwhelming.”
Apart from that he noted that the PPP/C has the best set of people to carry forward the economic agenda to improve people’s economic welfare.
Urling disclosed that in the past, he was approached by both the PPP/C and APNU but after accessing both parties he chose the PPP/C.
OBJECTIVE PERSON
Meanwhile, when questioned about his past criticisms of the PPP/C, he said: “I criticised every group and that’s me being objective, as I remain an objective person in any organisation, in the Chamber and even now with the Guyana Football Federation (GFF)… of course everybody won’t agree with everything that I do, but right about now my job is to convince the majority to come around on my side of things or to get on the bandwagon with the other side if I’m convinced otherwise.”
Nevertheless the new-comer reiterated that the PPP/C is the party for the future, and he prefers to look forward to building Guyana from today, noting that “my involvement being now and I look forward for the future.”
CONTRIBUTION TO PPP/C
Urling disclosed that he offers the party his energies and commitment towards developing Guyana, as he has been involved in many service-oriented organisations over the past four years and intends to continue being a member of the PPP, in return gaining the gratification of contributing towards the development of Guyana.
In closing he stated that people will say anything, but we need to put in the work that is necessary to build and grow Guyana, as the PPP/C has a “fantastic manifesto” and he is looking forward to working to realise the objectives of that manifesto.

By Navendra Seoraj