Welcomed by thousands in Linden last night, APNU+AFC coalition leader David Granger promised that his administration will empower the people of the region to take their rightful place in the nation after two decades of neglect by the current government.
Lamenting that Linden had been suffocated developmentally by the incumbent PPP/C, Granger promised changes. “For 22 years, the PPP has kept Linden on a life support machine… for 22 years, you have seen your patrimony being eaten away… Linden has talent but why are you poor?” he asked during an address at the coalition’s elections campaign launch and unity rally at the Linden/Georgetown Minibus Park. “You are because the rulers of the power of darkness do not care about you. So, are you going to give these people five more years?” he added.
At the last general elections in 2011, APNU won Region 10, where it polled 11,358 votes, to the PPP/C’s 2,868 and the AFC’s 1,324. The two opposition parties combined for
