Some candidates won because of endorsements, Granger admits

President David Granger

President David Granger yesterday admitted that some candidates were victorious at last Friday’s local government polls because of the political endorsements they would have received from the governing APNU+AFC coalition.

Those candidates, Granger told a news conference at the Ministry of the Presidency, shared “our vision for clean, green communities… for an integration of the work of central, regional and municipal councils in achievement of a high quality of governance.”

At the time, Granger was responding to a question about whether some candidates won because of