| – during APNU/AFC rallyAddressing a mammoth crowd at the APNU/ AFC coalition unity rally on Saturday night,Marc Bartra Barcelona Jersey, at the Linden/Georgetown bus park, Presidential candidate David Granger told listeners,Jean Beausejour Chile Jersey, “the APNU/ AFC coalition is the best thing that has happened to Linden. APNU/ AFC is the future.Region Ten, the future starts right here tonight”, he declared to thunderous applause.Appearing suave and confident despite a little hoarseness, Granger delivered his address eloquently, while party executives sat behind him smiling, with no semblance whatever, of the recent upheavals involving senior functionaries.In alluding to the poor economic state of the town, he declared: “We can’t tek it no more. We can’t tek the deception, the discrimination. We can’t tek the dependency because they want us to beg for everything.”He stressed that for 22 years, the PPP had the town “on a life support machine.”A jubilant David Granger at the Linden rallyGranger also questioned why Linden was poor, pointing out that the Town is the real gateway to the hinterland and as such is well connected.“That is why you need an APNU/AFC administration that is going to give you your rightful place in this country. Linden, you deserve it and your children deserve it. !”Granger also alluded to the recent execution of political activist Courtney Crum Ewing, citing it as an act of intimidation meant to silence citizens. He spoke too,Alex Song Barcelona Jersey, of how President Ramotar was ‘frightened’ hence there was no convening of Parliament in eight months, and of eventually proroguing parliament because of the same fear. “We wrestle against the rulers of darkness,” he said. Ironically, he noted that these same rulers of darkness had brought a Bishop to Region Ten.With an APNU/AFC government,Carlos Carmona Jersey, Granger promised that the Linden/ Lethem road would be completed, lights installed on the Linden/Soesdyke highway and that there would be jobs for young people. He also promised that residents would be able to acquire a university degree right from the comfort of their own homes, instead of having to travel all the way to Georgetown – a task that is both burdensome and costly.Prime Ministerial Candidate Moses Nagamootoo was fiery in his speech, and at times evoked much laughter as he highlighted recent utterances by past president Bharrat Jagdeo.Nagamootoo’s recommendation for Jagdeo’s “kick ass” comments was that the citizens should return the favour and further, that Jagdeo needed ‘pampers for his mouth”.“It is time that we change our country, it is time that we take back the power that we lent the rulers who have handled the power badly. It is time that we heal the division in this country. It is time that we re-enter history and like a photo album, we could look at the many pictures inside, and see the happy moments and also the many moments that created hurts,Claudio Bravo Chile Jersey, things that went wrong. But we could look at the album the rest of our lives and not be able to change any of the photos inside.“Today, we have an album that has new pages, and it is time we start to write those pages the way we want to write it. Today we can write selfie and we could smile, and we can put what we want in the album- happiness and comfort as a people.”He also reflected on his early life and of knowing Granger since they were little boys,Jean Beausejour Jersey, and how they played and worked together, saying that if they could do it then,Barcelona Jersey, they could do it now.“If we could share a school and village, why today we can’t share in common our country?”Nagamootoo also alluded to the indiscriminate spending of taxpayers’ money to fix the teeth of PPP executives, ‘’so that they can laugh at you with bigger and brighter teeth!’He also cited other instances of spending of taxpayers’ money that had not been approved.Speaking of other coalitions in the past despite differences,Frank Bagnack Barcelona Jersey, between the PNC and PPP, where Forbes Burnham was declared President- he emphasized that “if it was right then,Sandro Ramirez Barcelona Jersey, then it is right now!” a statement that punctuated his speech repeatedly.He admonished that Guyanese should bury the past, so that we could be free.“Today it is time that we liberate ourselves from mental slavery that is withholding us.“This election is about the survival of our country, because every child knows that we cannot possibly have three more years of Ramotar.“Do you want three more years of Ramotar?” he asked, to which the supporters gave a resounding ‘NO!’ (Enid Joaquin) |
