APNU-appointed Region 4 Chairman backs PPP/C for 2025 elections

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R) continues to bleed senior members. This time, the party has lost its Region Four (Demerara Mahaica) Regional Chairman, Daniel Seeram, who on Tuesday threw his support behind the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) for the upcoming elections.
Seeram made the announcement from his social media page, noting that he had “fruitful discussions” with the PPP/C leadership and that following those discussions, he would support them for another term in office.

“After fruitful discussions and careful considerations on matters of National and Regional development, I am pleased to endorse President Irfaan Ali and Vice President (VP) Bharrat Jagdeo for a second term to lead the Cooperative Republic of Guyana. God Bless the Cooperative Republic of Guyana,” Seeram said.
In addition to being Chairman of Region Four and a member of the PNC/R, Seeram is also a former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) captain. The Region Four Chairman is the second high profile figure to publicly endorse the PPP/C since President Ali’s announcement on Sunday that the 2025 General and Regional elections would be held on September 1.
It was revealed only on Sunday that Shazaam Ally, a founding and executive member of The Citizenship Initiative (TCI), would also be joining the ruling PPP/C, ahead of the 2025 General and Regional Elections. In a statement, Ally said the decision came after “careful reflection” and years of observing national development under President Dr Irfaan Ali’s leadership.
“I know this decision may not sit well with everyone,” Ally acknowledged, while stressing that those who know him understand he has “always acted with conviction, guided by principle, and committed to doing what’s right for Guyana.”
Ally entered national politics more than a decade ago and was one of the key figures behind TCI’s debut in the 2020 elections. He later contested the 2023 Local Government Elections for a seat in Georgetown.
Since 2020, several prominent members of the PNC/R have resigned from the party. In 2021, Thandi McAllister, a longstanding member and Central Executive Committee (CEC) member to boot, resigned.
McAllister, who in addition to former PNCR Parliamentarian and Attorney-at-Law James Bond have since joined the PPP/C platform, had cited that the leadership’s direction was not aligned with the aspirations of young people, party supporters, and national development.
Since her departure, other members also resigned, including former PNC/R Treasurer Faaiz Mursaline and former General Secretary Dawn Hastings-Williams. Additionally, the late Amna Ally, who was a former General Secretary and Minister for the Opposition party, also resigned earlier this year.
At the time she had resigned, Ally had been scathingly critical of Opposition and PNC/R Leader Aubrey Norton and his lack of leadership abilities… a criticism that was further compounded when Norton was a no show at her funeral a couple weeks ago.
In March 2025, General Secretary of the PPP/C, VP Dr Bharrat Jagdeo, had refuted claims made by Norton that resignations from the PNC/R had resulted from bribery done by the ruling party.
Jagdeo had argued that those leaving the PNC/R have made independent assessments of the party’s leadership and future, rather than being influenced by financial incentives. According to the VP, Norton’s misrepresentation of these departures showed how “divorced from reality” he was, especially because of the PNC’s limited engagement with people, and its poor policy formulation.
“Mr Norton should be writing fiction. He said that he is unbothered by the large number of people who have left the party, and he acknowledged that people will continue to leave the PNC, but he said that the members leaving would give him more breathing room…,” Jagdeo had said.