GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The opposition Folks’s Nationwide Congress Reform (PNCR) has reaffirmed its “full confidence” in its Chief, Aubrey Norton, regardless of the Get together’s devastating efficiency within the September 1 normal and regional elections.
The PNCR, which headed the coalition, A Partnership for Nationwide Unity (APNU), acquired 77,000 votes and 12 seats within the Nationwide Meeting, dropping its standing as the principle opposition within the legislative chambers to the newly shaped We Make investments In Nationhood (WIN) political Get together that gained 16 seats.
Aubrey Norton
The elections had been gained by the ruling Folks’s Progressive Get together/Civic (PPP/C), which gained a second consecutive victory on the polls and now controls 36 of the 65 seats in Parliament.
In an announcement, the PNCR stated that its Central Government Committee (CEC) met on Wednesday for “its first full assembly” for the reason that elections “to overview, amongst different issues, the Get together’s strategic route and rapid programs of motion.
“In the course of the assembly, the CEC addressed a sequence of latest developments, together with, however not restricted to, the resignation of sure CEC members, and due to this fact confirmed the elevation of two new members to the CEC.”
The assertion stated that the “CEC reaffirmed its full confidence within the management of Aubrey C. Norton and helps his continued function because the Chief of the PNCR in the course of the rebuilding course of”.
The assertion stated that the CEC emphasised “that its Chief can solely be eliminated at a duly convened Get together Congress, in accordance with the Get together’s structure.
“On this connection, the CEC rejects any notion that there’s bother inside the PNCR’s camp and assures the Get together’s membership that public grievances by just a few individuals is not going to defeat the Get together’s reactivation of political will and resilience.
“The PNCR stays dedicated to strengthening its organisational construction, participating in neighborhood outreach to strengthen its membership, in pursuit of its fearless aspiration for the expansion of the Guyanese folks,” the assertion added.
