FORMER President and Leader of the People’s National Congress/Reform (PNC/R), David Granger, has thanked residents of Two Miles and other riverine settlements for their strong support at the General and Regional Elections 2020 and Local Government Elections 2018.

According to a PNC/R release, Granger, who was on a visit to Region Seven, congratulated Kako Village resident, Dawn Hastings-Williams, on her re-election as a member of the National Assembly and Bartica resident, Kenneth Williams, who was elected chairman of the Regional Democratic Council at the recent elections.

He iterated his compliments to Gifford Marshall, who was re-elected Mayor of Bartica Town at the Local Government Elections in 2018.

The A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change Coalition (APNU+AFC) was elected to office in May 2015 and held Local Government Elections 10 months after and in 2018.

In both elections, they were significantly outperformed by the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C), which eventually came to power in 2020 after several attempts by elements in the Coalition failed in their bid to rig the 20202 elections.

Granger, according to the release, reminded residents that the PNC/R – with democratically elected representatives at the national, regional and municipal levels – was the custodian of the public interest and a “guarantor of their democratic rights” in the Region.

He also thanked Barticans for their consistent confidence and support.

The PNC/R Leader’s team also distributed food hampers to riverine residents as relief from the economic downturn and personal distress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.