The People’s National Congress’s (PNC) two-day General Council meeting ended yesterday with its leader Aubrey Norton pledging that his party will stand in the forefront against any Venezuelan threat to this country’s territorial integrity.
Norton also urged party members to work to expand the PNC’s base, which they have endeavoured to do, the party said yesterday.
The main feature on the first day was the address by Norton, who emphasised that in the face of the Venezuelan threat, the party needed to stand at the forefront of efforts to defend the country’s national security and territorial integrity, a release from the PNC yesterday stated.
“He reiterated the party’s position that all Guyanese must share in the country’s oil wealth, while being guaranteed their full social and political rights. In addition, he issued the call for the party to expand its groundwork and take the party’s vision in all communities across the country,” the release added.
The two-day General Council was held at the party’s headquarters Congress Place, Sophia, under the theme ‘Moving Forward as a Disciplined and United Party’.
Present at the meeting, according to the release were, members of Central Executive Committee, RDC Chairs and Vice Chairs, party candidates at the last General Elections, representatives of the party’s youth arm (the Guyana Youth and Student Movement) and it’s women’s arm (the National Congress of Women), the Chairs and Vice Chairs of NDCs, Mayors and Deputy Mayors of municipalities, and other regional party leaders.
Yesterday, the council focused on reports from the party’s arms and regional committees. In addition, a plenary session was held to discuss the party’s strategy for the 2025 Regional and General Elections.
“As expected, this session generated much robust discussion, with members expressing confidence that, with greater effort by party groups and more publicising of the party’s national development vision of putting people first, the party can return to government. Several tabled motions were debated and passed,” the release said.
