But apart from the usual gamesmanship, your Eyewitness hopes this LGE – in the midst of our oil-fuelled development trajectory – will at long last spur movement towards the promised raison d’etre of local government: empowering the people!

Source: https://guyanatimesgy.com/home-stretch-for-the-lge/

For LGE 2023, the PNC lost their municipal strongholds of Bartica and Mahdia, where local government elections have never been competitive.

Source: https://guyanatimesgy.com/lge-2023-marks-a-new-political-horizon-in-guyana/

Minister Edghill has given reassurances that if citizens elect persons with the requisite vision when they cast their ballots at the LGE, then all communities countrywide will experience rapid transformation.

Source: https://guyanachronicle.com/2023/06/08/competent-community-leaders-needed-to-support-development/

Monday marked Nomination Day for Local Government Elections (LGE) 2023, with many new faces, including those from the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) joining forces with the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C).

Source: https://guyanatimesgy.com/fmr-gt-mayor-chase-green-mr-wickedee-sitting-apnu-councillor-team-up-with-ppp-for-lge/

Prior to the June LGE polls, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) provided observer status to members and volunteers of GCOPD.

Source: https://guyanachronicle.com/2023/10/12/more-accessibility-needed-at-election-polling-stations/