The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) is set to begin its political rallies from October 2, 2011 at Albion, Berbice.This was disclosed by PPP Executive Committee Member,Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys, Robert Persaud, yesterday at a press conference at the party’s Robb Street headquarters, Freedom House.Persaud said that Presidential Candidate, Donald Ramotar and President Bharrat Jagdeo are currently in Canada and had interacted with close to 1,000 persons. The event was a fund-raiser. The fund-raising campaign will continue in New York tomorrow at the request of the Guyanese communities and stakeholders.Persaud said that locally the first of eight rallies will begin on Sunday October 2. These rallies would be held simultaneously with 400 grand public meetings. Both the rallies and the meetings would be held in all ten regions of Guyana.Persaud said that rallies are also planned for Kitty,Cheap NBA Store, Linden, West Coast Demerara, Anna Regina, Good Hope, Lethem, Mabaruma, Bartica among other areas. A massive closing rally will be held after elections day is announced.Persaud said that the general thrust of the rallies would not only entail talks about the party’s vision and its accomplishments, but also be used at all the rallies to build on unity and working together as Guyanese to develop the nation.In urging for a civil, respectful and clean election campaign by all contesting parties, Persaud noted that the Media had signed on to a code of conduct for the now postponed local government elections. They are to sign on for the upcoming elections.He said that there is a draft code of conduct for the political parties, something the PPP/C will be the first to do as a political party, in order to strengthen democracy along with the full participation of society.“In order for free and fair elections, all of us must conduct ourselves in keeping with the highest standards,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, and media expectations, not only for our laws but also for our people in terms of how we portray ourselves during these campaigns. And we want to urge other parties to sign the code of conduct. We have signalled our commitment to do so,Custom Washington Wizards Jerseys,” Persaud noted.He called for a civil campaign, one that would entail focusing on issues that are important to the people of Guyana. He said that during the campaign, whatever is said or done must not hurt people’s feelings, cause division,Custom Boston Celtics Jerseys, or have groups in society agitated or threatened.“I think we have matured as a country as a democracy from 1992. We saw in 2006 an enhanced level of political maturity, and I think the onus is on us in 2011.”Adding that the manifesto is about to be finalised, Persaud said the party will be going through the final draft, which will be ready for public launching in coming weeks.At the same time, he said, the party’s field officers and volunteers across the country are verifying the Revised List of Electors (RLE) that came about as a result of the adjustments that were made in allowing more than 7,200 to be registered.“We want to ensure that when the final voters’ list is produced, it reflects very accurately the state of electors and that Guyanese are not disenfranchised in any way.” Persaud said.When questioned about politicians accusing the PPP of abusing state resources while campaigning, Persaud noted that when the President is on a state engagement and is invited to be a part of some public activity,Wholesale Soccer T-shirts, he cannot be stripped of his presidency and replaced as an individual who is not holding an office.“We can make sure that we do not co-mingle in terms of resources and in terms of other access. But rather we have that clear separation.” He said.When questioned on the cost of the PPP campaign, Persaud said that the figure cannot be disclosed until the finance committee of the party completes crunching the numbers.After being told that the APNU has estimated that their budget is US$6M, Persaud noted that such a sum is lots of money that the opposition has budgeted, and it would be interesting to know where they would be receiving US$6M from..“US$6M is a lot of money….wish we had US$6M to run a campaign,” Persaud said.
