Presidential candidate for A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), David Granger urged his supporters to continue the battle to put an end to the PPP [People’s Progressive Party] regime and called on them to spread the word about the coalition.
Speaking at a rally at Hopetown, West Berbice on Wednesday evening, he asked the large, exuberant crowd whether they have had enough of discrimination, corruption, the high cost of the crossing of the Berbice River Bridge and the 19 years of the PPP rule.
Granger noted that the battle would not be won by rallies alone but they should go to everyone’s home and make sure everyone in Region Five is aware of what the coalition is about.
He urged them to use email and the social networking site, Facebook to spread the message of APNU.
He said that they should not to go to sleep on the information but also use their phones to tell persons about APNU as members of the Alliance For Change and the PPP have been doing.
In his appeal too to ensure an APNU victory, Granger encouraged his supporters to go to church on Sundays, those who are Muslims to go on Friday and those who are Hindus should go to their Mandirs and pray.
He also said that they should “saturate the region” on the days remaining for elections by wearing “something green” [the party’s colour].
Further, he urged them to use that time to ensure that their names are on the list and “don’t wait until Monday morning… Monday is not a party matter. It is a national struggle…”
Granger said he heard that some 30,000 people have not picked up their ID cards.
He told his supporters to go out and do so “because some evil people out there would pick it up for you.”
According to Granger, many persons from the region have dropped out of school and there are many others who are without jobs and promised that that would end when APNU comes into power.
Prime ministerial candidate, Dr Rupert Roopnaraine in his address, spoke about having a government of national unity and of rebranding the police force, the Guyana Police Service.
He also talked about paying the police more so that they would not have to ask for a “towel” [$1,000 bill].
Also addressing the crowd was Ronald Bulkan as well as regional councillor, Carol Joseph who said that “in another few days there would be an end to corruption… and we would feel a sense of security.”
