…says PPP/C will win with a major increase from 2020 elections
General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) and current People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Vice President (VP), Bharrat Jagdeo has expressed confidence that the ruling party will secure a decisive victory in the upcoming September 1 General and Regional Elections, forecasting a larger mandate than in 2020.
General Secretary of the PPP and governing PPP/C Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo
Speaking during his weekly press conference on Thursday last, Jagdeo said that the PPP/C’s expanding base across all ethnic and demographic groups demonstrates that the party remains the only political force capable of winning a majority.
“We believe we can win the elections based on the support. And win the elections with a bigger majority than 2020,” Jagdeo declared. “With the support of the Amerindians, the Indo-Guyanese, the mixed people, and the Afro-Guyanese, we’re going to do that. We’re going to win the elections with a major increase on what we had in 2020.”
Jagdeo emphasised that while no party has ever secured 100 per cent of any voting bloc, the PPP/C has consistently maintained strong ties to Amerindian communities, pointing to recent mass turnouts in the Moruca sub-district and Maburuma within Region One (Barima-Waini). He announced that the party will continue its outreach efforts in Region Nine this weekend.
According to him, the PPP/C’s support is no longer confined to traditional strongholds. “We’ve seen Afro-Guyanese now campaigning in every community who are members of this party. They feel they’re home in this party, and it’s growing enormously,” Jagdeo said. He credited this shift to citizens’ belief that their children’s future is safer in the hands of a Government that is actively working to unite the nation.
“PPP will win the elections… We’ve seen the numbers on the ground, we’ve done the testing, and we’re on track to win the elections outright,” he asserted.
The VP, who held several meetings in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) on Friday, noted that during the next term of the current Government, the backlog of house lot applications will be cleared up.
Speaking ahead of the release of the PPP/C 2025-2030 Manifesto, Jagdeo said, “In the next term we will make sure that anyone who needs a house lot, once they are eligible and they apply, and then once they get their house lot, we will assist them to build or improve their own homes if they are poor. So we will help people to improve their homes or start building. We will spend a lot of time on building homes in the next year because we want people to have jobs, live in safe communities, have good health care and have proper education – because these are important issues for us.”
The VP explained that the goal is to ensure that in every village, roads are upgraded and concrete drains installed. Apart from that, he said, there will be adequate street lighting and security cameras installed to address security issues.
He said pensioners too would also receive an increase, in addition to a transportation grant every year.
Additionally, the Government is planning to introduce hot meals to schools and increase public servant and Government part-time worker salaries.
Jagdeo pointed out that the current administration ensured the liberalisation of telecommunications, causing the cost for internet and bandwidth to fall. Mortgage rates were also lowered by the administration.
He said too that food prices will be one of “the things we have to focus on in the next term.”
