President David Granger yesterday recommitted the PNCR to its pacts with other political parties – including the governing APNU+AFC coalition – saying that it is critical to tackling the many issues in Guyana and he warned against attempts to rekindle racial animosity.
The PNCR opened its 19th Biennial Delegates’ Congress at its headquarters at Congress Place, Sophia yesterday and for the first time in over 23 years, the party leader is also the President of Guyana, a point that was not lost on the organisers. The APNU+AFC coalition, of which the PNCR is a major constituent, booted the PPP/C from power at general elections in May last year. While mentioning the historic 1964 coalition between the then PNC and the United Force, Granger made no mention of its rapid and acrimonious end – a risk that analysts say the present coalition faces.
Dressed in his favoured pre-president era signature green shirt, Granger told the formal opening ceremony for the Congress that the PNCR is proud of its ideology of inclusiveness and proud to be part of the APNU and the APNU+AFC coalition administration.