With talk about local government elections intensifying, activist Mark Benschop has reiterated that his party will be contesting and he will be running for the position of mayor.
A release from his party today said in part:
“The Party will be fielding a slate of candidates for the Georgetown Municipality with Mr. Mark Benschop as Party Leader, head of the list of candidates and the party’s nominee for Mayor of Georgetown.“The campaign will be officially launched at a date to be announced. At that event, the Independent Party will unveil its list of candidates, officially release our Plan of Action for Georgetown and answer any questions from interested persons.“Some aspects of our Plan of Action for Georgetown have already been made public on Mark Anthony Benschop’s facebook page. As time progresses, other aspects of the plan will be unveiled culminating in the release of the entire document at the official launch of our campaign.”