Christina Edwards, a daughter of the Rupununi, felt so strongly about representing her community at this Friday’s polls that she resigned from her post as Discount and Securities Officer at the Republic Bank at Lethem.
“Having decided to contest, I wrote the bank asking for permission to launch a campaign. I was denied. So, after consulting my family [husband and two children], I made the difficult decision to resign as I feel very strongly that I can give my community the representation it deserves,” Edwards told Stabroek News yesterday.
Edwards’ campaign is built on risk. Having made the decision to contest and resigning from her job in a field she has been active in for more than a decade, Edwards also took the risk of running as an independent candidate in the elections of
