ANUG urges Granger to concede defeat

ꟷ says to put Guyana 1st

A New and United Guyana (ANUG), one of the smaller political parties that contested the March 2 General and Regional elections – but which evidently will be sharing one seat in the National Assembly because they went into a “joiner arrangement” with two other parties – Liberty and Justice Party (LJP), A New and United Guyana (ANUG) and The New Movement (TNM) – has issued a direct call to caretaker President David Granger and his party A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) to concede defeat and let Guyana move forward.

This was communicated by ANUG Executive Akanni Blair, who spoke on behalf of his party on Sunday outside the national election recount site. According to him, it has become clear from the recount that the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has an unassailable lead over APNU/AFC.
“They should concede at this time and we’re asking the contestant (APNU/AFC) in these elections to do the same. We have been through a long election process. It has been three months and more. And it is unfortunate, after so long, we are at a point where we don’t have a result.”

He added that in the interest of all Guyanese, ANUG believes that Guyana can only move forward if the caretaker President, David Granger, will concede and allow for a healing process in the country. “At this time, I call on President David Granger to do [this], which is the honourable thing and concede these elections. I would go further and congratulate President-elect Irfaan Ali and congratulate the PPP on a well-fought election,” Blair said.

Harrowing
Meanwhile, The Change Initiative’s (TCI) Presidential Candidate Rhonda Lam described the months after the elections as harrowing and noted that as much as they want the process to be over, she fears that a court case may be brewing.
“I am numb. None of this is normal. It has been a harrowing month, just sitting there, watching those numbers. Working our way through. The process is still not finished, because there is more to go.”

“I saw the incumbent (APNU/AFC) send out a release, that they do not feel the results were credible, especially for the East Coast. And they’ve been making allegations throughout the process.”
The elections recount was witnessed by representatives of all the nine political parties that contested the elections, observers from Caribbean Community (Caricom), the Organisation of American States (OAS) and local observers including the Private Sector Commission and American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham).