At the recent preview of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) manifesto just over a week ago, General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo said his party would put into effect campaign finance reforms if it wins elections in 2020.
Sharing the party’s rationale, Jagdeo signalled that the PPP/C has come to favour such legislation in light of fears that oil companies and companies operating in the oil sector may seek to buy favour and, ultimately, favourable policies by financing the election campaigns of political parties.
Such a reality, Jagdeo said, would serve to subvert Guyana’s political system, and allow foreign private interests to influence national decisions.
