WPA slams state newspaper over ignoring APNU launch, urges boycott

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) is calling for a boycott of the state-owned Guyana Chronicle after the newspaper failed to give coverage to Friday’s official launch of the opposition coalition “A Partnership for National Unity” (APNU).

In a press release issued yesterday, the WPA said it has become outraged “at the ongoing and escalating abuse of the state media by the PPP. The PPP government has moved beyond simply giving itself more coverage than the opposition. It is 100% coverage of the ruling party and its doings,