“TEAM CHANGE”, the GPSU group that fought incumbent President Patrick Yarde at the recent union elections with the hope of removing him but lost in their bid, said it will petition workers to have Yarde remove from the post.
Gordon Nestor, a member of the team told Guyana Chronicle on Wednesday that his team refuses to accept Yarde’s victory at the union’s election and will not accept his presence at the GPSU.
“We will circulate a workers petition from tomorrow (today) to have Yarde unseated because of his track record that he left at the union,” said Nestor.
Team Change is aiming to have 500 members sign the petition which will then be submitted to the court. Efforts to contact Yarde for a comment proved futile.
After the announcement of the result of the elections on Tuesday, the team held a press conference that evening to state that the results are unofficial and will not be accepted because the process was allegedly not transparent.
The results revealed that Yarde gained 1,024 votes to defeat his challenger Gregory Gaspar, who managed 842 votes.
Polling stations were set up in eight regions across the country and gave 3,663 eligible members a chance to cast their ballots.
According to the elections result, Dawn Gardner will take the seat as first vice-president of the union after gaining 1148 votes; Trevor Daly as second vice-president with 1390 votes; and Samantha Fedee as third vice-president with 1089 votes.