Nabaclis, Guyana — With just over a month to go before the September 1st general elections, APNU member Christopher Jones ignited the Nabaclis crowd with a scorching speech that cut straight through the political pageantry and went for the jugular. Standing before hundreds of energized residents, Jones didn’t mince words. He accused the PPP government of institutionalized corruption, moral decay, and a complete betrayal of the Guyanese people, especially its working class, youth, and Indigenous communities.
“This is not about blue or red,” Jones declared. “It’s about your children, your grandchildren, your village, and your future. This is about bringing back dignity, fairness, and people-first governance.”
Jones ripped into the PPP’s track record, calling out rampant corruption in government ministries and state agencies. He blasted the symbolic rot at the top, accusing the Vice President of being “one of the most corrupt individuals in the country,” and condemning the President for offering lip service to concerns about corruption.
“They don’t even hide it anymore,” Jones shouted. “They even passed a rule in Parliament that you can’t use the word corruption, and that is because corruption has become their culture!”
With sharp contrast, Jones reminded the crowd of the APNU’s achievements during its brief term. He recounted the David Greager 5Bs program, boats, bicycles, buses, backpacks, and breakfast; that provided real, measurable support for riverine and coastal students. He praised the David G buses for saving parents “hundreds of thousands of dollars” in school transportation costs and boasted about the township declarations in Bartica, Mahdia, and Lethem, all under APNU’s watch.
“If we could do all of that in four short years without oil money,” he challenged, “imagine what we can do with it.”
Jones delivered an emotional crescendo as he spoke about rising crime, calling out the execution-style murder on Main Street near the President’s residence and the brutal killing of young Adriana. He accused the PPP of moral bankruptcy and lacking basic empathy in relation to the death of Adriana Younge, quoting Irfaan Ali’s dismissive response “I did what I had to do” as evidence of his callous detachment.
“As a father of a 12-year-old girl,” Jones said, his voice cracking with emotion, “I would have ripped that hotel to threads to find my child. But our President? He moved on.”
This was no ordinary stump speech. Jones called for a movement. He told Nabaclis residents to “pick up passengers” on Election Day, to rally the youth, to whisper the truth in church, markets, and shops. He invoked the spirit of Emancipation, reminding the crowd of ancestors who “pulled their shillings together to buy whole villages post emancipation” and dared the present generation to honor that sacrifice.
“We brought you to the water,” he thundered in closing. “Now it’s up to you to drink.”
September 1st, Jones said, is not just about a ballot. It’s about reclaiming Guyana from corruption, injustice, and neglect and building a nation where every citizen, regardless of race or region, can thrive.
“Put people first,” he said again. “That is what APNU is offering. The rest is noise.”
