Former Georgetown Mayor Patricia Chase-Green, who previously served the Peoples National Congress (PNC) and the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), is urging the electorate against voting for that group of leaders at the September 1 General and Regional Elections.
She made the appeal on Tuesday as she addressed a gathering at Turning Point, Tucville, South Georgetown – representing the Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C).
“Old people seh ‘if patwa come from the bottom of the gutter and tell you hassa got fever’, believe he, cause he been deh. I been deh for more than 40 years and I could tell yuh, yuh wasting your time, you wasting your vote. They cannot even manage a city of Georgetown, which they have been doing for years, they can’t manage it, but then they want to manage the whole of Guyana,” Chase-Green said, referring to her former political home.
Chase-Green crossed over to the PPP/C during the 2023 Local Government Elections (LGE). She is currently serving as a PPP/C councillor on the Georgetown Mayor and Town Council.
At the 2023 LGE in Georgetown, the PPP/C won five of the 15 constituencies, an increase from three in 2018. In 2018, the PPP/C had secured 6813 votes, but at the polls in 2023, ballots in its favour almost doubled to 12,256.
The party’s support base increased in areas such as Kingston, Sophia, Albouystown, Tucville, East Ruimveldt, and West Ruimveldt.
According to Chase-Green, more people are recognising that when the PPP/C governs, progress is pervasive. She testified that since joining the party, she has witnessed the genuine commitment from its leaders to work towards the development of all sections of society.
Chase-Green encouraged persons to observe the development taking place within their communities and truly compare the leadership of the PPP/C and other political contenders.
Referring to the PNC/APNU, she said “if you sit down and study the amount of things that we were robbed of as citizens under the previous administration, it’s a shame. Now they coming to tell you that they gonna do the same thing, in a different form. If they didn’t do it then, they can’t do it now.”
“Be conscious of what you doing,” Chase-Green urged residents as they head to the polls on September 1.
“If it is not broken, don’t fix it. We’re on the path for the past five years of progress and development, let us continue that path,” she said.
“So, get on the PPP train, get on the train to progress,” Chase-Green added.
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