It was all high praises for the Returning Officer in the La Grange/Nismes Electoral District for ensuring that process of submitting the lists of candidates contesting the November 12 Local Government Elections (LGE) was one that was thorough and smooth.
At 14:00h on Friday, the nomination process closed with the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) contesting the seven constituencies in the Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC). The PPP representatives said they are all confident of a clean sweep in the six constituencies they are contesting.
Heading the PPP delegation was Anjanie Narine who said the nomination process was the same as last LGE; however, one concern was the number of representatives allowed to hand over the list of candidates.
“The last election they had allowed the contingent of all the candidates that are
The PPP candidates and supporters at the La Grange/Nismes NDC Office prior to submitting their list of candidates
contesting to witness the presentation of the list and this year they did not allow that but a few of us alone. That’s one thing and that’s a concern actually and we need to sort that out at GECOM,” she said.
The PPP’s list was accepted with no difficulties as well as APNU’s. The La Grange/Nismes NDC district had some nine constituencies but because of the recent downsizing by Communities Minister Ronald Bulkan, the number was reduced to seven. The APNU are contesting four of those constituencies while the PPP is aiming for six.
“We are expecting a clean sweep. We are expecting to win the two Bagotville and Nismes constituencies because we have had favourable responses from the
Anjanie Narine presenting the PPP’s list of candidates to the Returning Officer
residents there and we have contested those and lost it last Local Government Elections. Two of the constituencies are unopposed and APNU is contesting two but we are certain of winning them,” Narine said.
Narine related that they have already begun campaigning and are expected to intensify the house-to-house campaigning. She said the main focus is to ensure their constituents are educated about the importance of local governance.
APNU was the first party to present their list of candidates but their representative declined to offer a comment to the media. They were followed by the PPP and the United Republic Party (URP) but the URP bowed out of the race at the last moment.
