Norton’s gaffe about deciding on LGE an attempt to cover failure

ThePNCR-led APNU, headed by Aubrey Norton, is still not confirmed to be contesting the upcoming 2023 Local Government Elections (LGE).

And People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary, Bharrat Jagdeo, contends that Norton’s gaffe, at an Opposition Leader press briefing on Thursday morning (March

23, 2023), is a transparent attempt to coverup his failures to mobilise support on in Local Authority Areas (LAAs).

“The ambiguity is not because it is a strategic thinking, but because of the difficulties they are facing on the ground to put together a List of Candidates,” Jagdeo said, on Thursday (March 23, 2023) afternoon, during a news conference at Freedom House.

Norton, when he spoke to he media, said, “I don’t want you to conclude that because of this, we are participating. But we have done the political work, so if we decide to participate, we can…we will be ready if we decide to participate….we will not allow the PPP to walk into our strongholds.”

Jagdeo reminded that at the last Local Government Elections, which were held in 2018, the APNU and AFC, which has State mechanism in place by virtue of being in government, and control of the State media, was still unable to contest in all 80 LAAs, while the PPP/C, in Opposition at the time, was able to field candidates in all the areas and secured wins in 52 of the 80 LAAs.

← FROM PAGE 12 betrayed Rodney’s WPA. “This is the same WPA that voted against the (Walter Rodney) Commission of Inquiry report being considered by Parliament.”

According to him, this position is not strange, since WPA members ‘sold out’ to the PNCR-led Coalition for “perks” during the 20152020 period. He noted that within the State Assets Recovery Unit (SARA), the WPA’s Ogunseye acted as a “forensic auditor” earning hundreds of thousands monthly.

Jagdeo said, “It is loss of privilege…they were getting free money for doing nothing…this is what they are reacting to.”