Former People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) executive and Member of Parliament, James Bond today delivered a powerful message of unity and transformation as he took the stage at the People’s Progressive Party Civic’s (PPP/C) final campaign rally ahead of Monday’s General and Regional Elections.
Bond, who has spent the past several months on the campaign trail actively supporting the PPP/C, thanked his fellow Afro-Guyanese colleagues for their courage in walking beside him and rejecting the narrative of political loyalty dictated by ethnic lines.
“I want to salute my fellow Afro-Guyanese sisters and brothers that have walked with me that have campaigned with me. I love you, we know we can trust this party. We know we can rely on this party. We know we can trust this President because this President has given us the ability and the empowerment to live our true selves,” Bond said.
“I want to salute my fellow Afro-Guyanese sisters and brothers that have walked with me, that have campaigned with me. I love you,” Bond declared to a cheering crowd in Lusignan.
“We know we can trust this party. We know we can rely on this party. We know we can trust this President because this President has given us the ability and the empowerment to live our true selves.”
Bond’s endorsement of the PPP/C marks a significant political shift, considering his prominent role within the PNCR, a party historically backed by Afro-Guyanese communities. Bond reflected on his own political journey, his past criticisms of PPP/C leaders, and the inclusivity he says he has now found within the governing party.
“Nobody here has cursed Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo more than me. Nobody has cursed President Dr. Irfaan Ali more than me,” Bond admitted.
“How did a little Afro Guyanese from humble beginnings get here? I have to thank the People’s Progressive Party Civic that welcomed me like a family. I have to thank you, the members, that welcomed me James Bond, a former PNC and Afro Guyanese into this PPP/C family.”
Bond reminded the crowd of the many benefits that the PPPC has brought to the Guyanese population over the pasty five years.
“No other government has put more money in the pockets of ordinary Guyanese than the People’s Progressive Party Civic,” Bond noted.
Bond is among a wave of high-profile Afro-Guyanese figures and PNCR members have broken ranks with the opposition to join or support the PPP/C over the past few years.
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