PPP invites public to recommend initiatives for 2025 Manifesto

General Secretary of the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), Bharrat Jagdeo, is inviting members of the public to suggest initiatives that they would like to see implemented in the new term.
Speaking at his weekly press conference on Thursday at the party’s Freedom House headquarters, the VP explained that public feedback is important as the party prepares its Manifesto ahead of the 2025 General and Regional Elections.
“So, if you have any idea, whatever the idea is, and you think it should be included in the future…[for] the next five years, you submit the idea [and] we’ll give it serious consideration. I can’t promise that everything will be in the plan…but I can tell you that your ideas will be given serious consideration,” Jagdeo declared.
The PPP General Secretary further encouraged members of the public to share their thoughts and plans with the party.
“You can easily take any idea you have; no idea is too silly to look at. We look at everything whilst we’re crafting [the manifesto]. We have a ton-load ourselves, and we’re trying to sort all of this through, because we can’t do everything,” he noted.
Recommendations can be made via WhatsApp at 741-2575, or drop in mail at Freedom House on Robb Street, Georgetown or at PPP offices in the various regions across the country.
Jagdeo, who currently serves as Vice President in the ruling PPP/C Administration, pointed out that it was through similar consultations and feedback that the PPP were able to craft the 2020 Manifesto, and deliver on promises such as tax reduction on overtime and second salaries, which were recommendations that were made back then.
The current Dr Irfaan Ali-led Government has fulfilled and even gone beyond most of the promises made at the last elections; and as the PPP/C heads towards the 2025 elections, the party aims to build on these successes, pushing forward with more ambitious projects to improve the lives of Guyanese citizens and secure the country’s future in an increasingly globalised economy.
A significant aspect of the PPP’s plan is to create new “investment vehicles” aimed at allowing more Guyanese, particularly the youths and ordinary folks, to have a stake in national projects. The party believes these vehicles would offer better returns on investments than traditional banking options, providing citizens with guaranteed returns while also fuelling national growth.
It was previously explained that these types of investments would attract widespread interest, since they would be Government-backed financial products, such as shares and bonds that would allow guaranteed returns.
Only earlier this month, Jagdeo noted that they have already identified three big business opportunities in the oil and gas sector that can be tailored to facilitate investments for the small man such as the farmer, the teacher and the public servant.
In fact, the current PPP/C Administration has been floating the idea of a fertilizer plant which would use natural gas from offshore as one the projects for ordinary Guyanese to invest in, so that they too can earn from the country’s petroleum industry.
Apart from these wealth-generation ventures, the PPP would also be focusing on further enhancing Government services by making them digitized, and would be improving the quality of healthcare in Guyana.
Meanwhile, in addition to the invitation for recommendations, the PPP General Secretary revealed that the party also intends to put out several position papers on various topics in order to get broad feedback from the public.
“We expect those two [exercises] will generate a lot of discussion before we conclude what our manifesto will be,” he noted.
Elections which are constitutionally due in 2025 are expected to be held later this year.