Hold Strong Region 10, Stay The Course! Better Must Come!- Sears

The truth is that the majority of attendees were transported into the mining town to create this illusion of support. At the rally, as expected, defectors were paraded like lipstick on a pig at a cheap auction, poked and prodded to deliver loud screeches with the promise of a meal.

Let me remind the proud residents of Region #10 of some hard facts:
The PPP/C has been in government for 28 years, 23 before 2015, and 5 since 2020. Their legacy in Linden leaves much to be desired. They have shown limited support for proposed projects and repeatedly undermined local governance.

For years, they refused to return full control of the Wismar/Mackenzie Bridge: a potential revenue earner that could have helped the Linden Mayor and Town Council clear debts, expand their vehicle fleet for better waste management, and more. Instead, most of the profits went to NICIL and ultimately to the Government’s coffers.

The PPP/C ignored calls for a $200 million bailout, which is still owed to the light companies, the Guyana Revenue Authority, and the National Insurance Scheme. These debts continue to burden the Council today. The Council also lobbied for a revaluation of commercial and residential properties, which are still taxed based on over 30-year-old rates. The boundaries of the township also need expansion, which would bring over 10,000 additional households under the Council’s jurisdiction and improve access to services. All of these efforts were ignored by the PPP/C.

For 28 years, the PPP/C encouraged multi-billion-dollar investments in central Georgetown and along the coast, shore bases, hotel chains, new road networks, expanded housing schemes while Linden suffocated without fresh investments and continued to struggle with unemployment. Their attempt to bypass Linden entirely in the initial design of the Lethem Highway, which would have economically crippled the town, was only reversed thanks to the Coalition government.

Even now, traders and gold miners bypass Linden daily, traveling via the 94 and 72 bus routes to Georgetown, ignoring trade potential in the town and surrounding communities.

The Alliance For Change is committed to solving these issues through the establishment of a National Transportation Agency and modern bus terminals in every region.

Linden has always been a proud, resilient people who believe in fairness and equal opportunity. But under the PPP/C, peaceful protests were met with aggression. When Lindeners protested the proposed electricity tariff hike which would have crippled all household police were ordered to fire live rounds, injuring dozens and killing three of our brothers.

This is election gimmickry, nothing more.

No matter how they rebrand or fake inclusivity, the PPP/C has never shown true care for Region #10. This region, the heart of Guyana, is part of the opposition’s legacy, and the PPP/C is determined to erase it.