PROMINENT leaders of both the APNU+ AFC Party and the People’s Progressive Party Civic in Region 5 (Mahaica Berbice) have called for a peaceful National and Regional elections in the Region today.

Former PPP/C Member of Parliament Harry Gill said: “I am responsible for people in the Bel Air Woodlands NDC and, given the number of voters in the area against two Polling places, I would urge all residents to come out early and vote so that there is no large buildup at the end of the day.”

Gill said he was satisfied with assurances by the Police that they had the capability to take action against any attempts to disrupt the smooth flow of the elections. Ms. Latchmin Azeez Community Development Officer of Bush Lot Village WCB said that she and family had suffered at the hands of vandals and thieves during the elections campaigns, attacks which she said were politically motivated.

She said: “Persons destroyed our roadside shop where we sold beef. We rebuilt it then they vandalized it with spray paint. Then they stole cattle from our ranch and after a great effort we managed to recover most of the animals. People are now in Court for larceny of cattle.”

She said that despite this the family had remained firm in their political beliefs and despite these trials she would urge all the citizens of Region 5 to set an example for the rest of the nation in good and orderly conduct for Elections day 2020. Mr. Vinceroy Jordan, People’s National Congress (PNC) Chairman in Region 5, also urged all residents of the Region to go about their business of voting in a very calm and orderly manner.

He said: “Voting at National and Regional Elections is the democratic right of every Guyanese citizen. Nobody has a right to deter or dissuade anyone else from exercising their rights.” He appealed: “Regardless of which political party we support let’s all vote with decency and order.”

Regional Executive Officer Ovid Morrison said: “I was very unhappy with some attacks made on some supporters of a political party living at Bush Lot Village WCB. I was also happy with the level of restraint shown by some members of another political party in the face of provocations.

I however urge that we put these things behind us and focus on what matters most on this significant day in the history of Guyana.” “Let history record that the people of Region 5 and indeed the nation as a whole conducted themselves in a calm and dignified manner on March 2nd 2020 while exercising their rights to vote for governance for a better Guyana .”