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President Dr Irfaan Ali has delivered a firm response to allegations surrounding the misuse of state funds for political campaigning, asserting that the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) is fully self-funded and committed to transparency and integrity as the country heads toward national elections.
“People’s Progressive Party does not need state resources to run our campaign. We are not using any state resources to run our campaign. Our campaign is run by the People’s Progressive Party with all resources supported by the humble people of Guyana” the President asserted.
The Head of State was at the time responding to several line of questioning from reporters following the commissioning ceremony for St George’s Secondary School on Tuesday.
The Guyanese leader not only assured that no state funds are being used to finance the campaign, but also voiced confidence in his party’s return to office under his leadership, declaring, “We are strong. We are ready. And we will defeat every force that is ahead of us.”
The governing PPP/C is gearing up to formally launch its campaign and manifesto this month for the upcoming 2025 General and Regional Elections slated for September 1.
According to PPP/C’s General Secretary (GS) Bharrat Jagdeo, vetting is also ongoing for candidates to be included in the backers list, which will be in compliance with Guyana Elections Commission’s (GECOM) prescribed form, which has a declaration at the top to indicate that persons are knowingly and willingly signing to support a particular political party.
Jagdeo called on the Guyana Elections Commission to ensure that all political parties utilise these designated forms to enlist nominators/backers for the upcoming elections.
He alleged that “some people are paying to get backers and some are being misled, and they [are] not showing people the form.”
“I hope GECOM will rigidly enforce that the appropriate form is used, because in the past…they will go with a blank sheet and get people to sign off and then they will add a covering letter, and many of those people never even knew they were supporting a list of candidates for a particular party; they may not even support that party,” the GS added.
On July 14, Nominations Day, parties will be required to submit their approved symbols and their Lists of Candidates: one National Top-Up List, at least six Geographical Constituencies’ Lists, and the Regional Democratic Councils’ Lists.
The National Top-Up list, which identifies the presidential candidate, must have at least 42 candidates and between 300 and 330 nominators countrywide. Each geographical constituency list must have between 150 and 175 nominators from each geographical constituency.
While the PPP/C is currently facing the challenge of excess candidates for its lists, Jagdeo says the situation is reversed for other parties that are having a difficult time enlisting candidates or backers.
“One political party with a criminal enterprise linked to it is calling people… They’re looking for people to be on their list because people are afraid of being sanctioned or getting into trouble,” the PPP/C GS stated.
