LGEs 2018… Victorious ECD candidates pledge to fulfil promises

SEVERAL of the winning candidates of Monday’s Local Government Elections on the East Coast of Demerara have promised to honour the commitments they made to the electorate during the campaign.

Ingrid Holder won in Constituency One in the Grove/ Haslington Local Authority Area (LAA); she was however unavailable for a comment on Tuesday. In Haslington/Grove, three parties contested that is, APNU, PPP and AFC. APNU won 11 seats, PPP six seats and AFC 1 seat.

In Constituency Two Mario Sumner won for APNU in the Golden Grove LAA and he told the Guyana Chronicle on Tuesday that he was not surprised at the win. His plans for the village is to help find jobs for young unemployed youths. Being a first-time contestant, Sumner has a ‘tall order’ to fulfil and at the NDC level he is willing to work with others for the betterment of the village where he has lived since 1985.

For Victoria, Carlotta De Jesus won for Constituency Five and she told the Guyana Chronicle she was indeed happy and is pleased about the confidence her villagers placed in her. She said he will not fail the people; she will work in collaboration with other organisations to improve the lives of youths in the community and would also work to address unemployment among them. De Jesus stated too, that since the village is not short of talent, she will seek to enhance youth development through education programmes which will be introduced in the community.

Meanwhile, for the Enmore/Hope LAA which consists of nine constituencies, GECOM Returning Officer Ravindra Ramnarayan told this newspaper that there was a 48% voter turnout at the polls for LGE 2018. He related that no independent or groups contested, but the three major parties did and for Constituency #8 – PPP got 129 votes, AFC 73 votes and APNU 91 votes.

Ramnarayan said for the Proportional Representation (PR) the PPP won eight seats and APNU got one. He added that the PPP’s Tiwari Rajnarine won in this LAA and he deemed the voting process as ‘smooth as silk’ with no hiccups.

For Clonbrook/Ann’s Grove, that is Constituency Nine – APNU got 6 out of 9 seats and Kamaladeen Bal Macoon said there is need for better roads in the village and he is aiming to accomplish this to enhance the lives of residents. He also noted that the farming community will clean trenches for farmers and they will be contracted for same.

At Enterprise, Enterprise Gardens and Hymax Scheme Constituency Seven Bhoowal Chaitu won and he plans to focus on not just cleaning drains and repairing roads, but to develop infrastructure and rebuild emphasis on sports and education. He told the Guyana Chronicle that it was the first time he contested and won; and it is also the first time the PPP won the NDC in the LGEs.
Chaitu related that three parties contested with one independent candidate and the PPP won by 1275 votes.

According to preliminary results, he said no groups contested and 2861 voters were in the GECOM list eligible to vote; 4563 votes were cast for the PPP, while APNU got 2007 and AFC 425.

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