As Presidential Candidate of A Partnership for National
Unity (APNU), I, David Granger denounce any form of incitement and violence. I
call on our Partnership’s members, supporters, friends and the general public
to work towards the peaceful conduct of general and regional elections on
Monday 28 thNovember.
APNU, together with other contesting parties, freely
signed the Code of Conduct for Political Parties Contesting the 2011 General
and Regional Elections drafted by the Guyana Elections Commission on Friday 11th
November. The Code of Conduct committed all signatories to the peaceful and
respectful conduct during the elections campaign. The ode specifically forbade:
“the use of abusive, slanderous or threatening language, or
language which could incite people of one group to violence against any
Candidate, Agent, Member and Supporter of any other group.”
APNU’s supporters are
asked, therefore, for the sake of peace, to ignore the abusive slanderous
statements uttered by President Bharrat Jagdeo which are in breach of the Code
of Conduct . President Jagdeo has invented wild slanders intended to incite
people, scare voters and create an atmosphere of alarm, despondency and fear in
order to provoke a hostile reaction. Some of these attacks were directed
against me, APNU’s Presidential Candidate.
APNU also calls on its supporters not to be drawn into physical
confrontations, especially with violent agents of the People’s Progressive
Party. Many of the latter have been involved in defacing, damaging and
destroying APNU’s posters, flags and other election material around the
country. Incidents in which persons associated with the PPP/C have drawn,
brandished and discharged their personal firearms, with the intention of
provoking security ‘situations’ have been reported in the press.
APNU calls on the Guyana Elections Commission
to remain vigilant to ensure that signatories to the Code of Conduct do not
commit further breaches.We call, also, on members of the Guyana Police Force to
continue to act in a professional manner, to prevent breaches of the peace and
to bring persons who commit crimes to justice during the election campaign.
David Granger Presidential Candidate for A Partnership for
National Unity
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THE COMMITMENT
A PARTNERSHIP FOR
NATIONAL UNITY (APNU)is contesting the 2011 General and Regional Elections as a
Single List of Candidates. APNU is committed to the formation of a Government
of National Unity to rid Guyana of winner-takes-all politics. APNU is dedicated
to ensuring that our multi-ethnic and multi-culturalsociety will succeed
through respect for the diversity, hard work, thrift and sacrifice of all our
citizens.
For further information or to make a donation, please visit our
website at www.voteapnu.com.We thank
youfor your continued support.
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