The President of the Small Miners Association, David Daniels, is encouraging his fellow miners and residents of the Region Seven mining communities to support the re-election of the PPP Civic Government.

At a rally on Saturday in Bartica, Mr. Daniels said transformation has been taking place across the mining communities, and he believes that transformation should be allowed to continue. He said Region Seven, which has been supportive of the PNC and the APNU in the past, should change course.

“Friends, I have seen transformation, I have seen development, and I have seen great leadership and management under the People’s Progressive Party/Civic. Friends, I am saying this to say, during 2015 to 2020, I have witnessed taxes and burdens being placed on the Mining Industry. I have witnessed VAT placed on Tributors’ Taxes, VAT on machinery, VAT on fuel, and under the PPP/Civic, I have seen President Mohammed Irfaan Ali and the PPP/C Government have removed those burden off of those equipment to miners would be able to have more in their pockets,” Daniels said.

The President of the Small Miners’ Association was among several persons who addressed the sea of supporters at a PPP/C rally.

He said he is optimistic that the PPP/C Government under the leadership of President Irfaan Ali would place the issues confronting small miners on the front burner. He said miners are now able to work more freely under the current Government.

Meanwhile, Toshao of the indigenous Cuyuni village of Batavia, Murphy Gomez said his village has also been seeing growth and development.

“I want to say for the past four and a half years, Batavia has developed tremendously in all areas, education, housing, transportation and most of all electricity for the first time. So, today, people of Region Seven, I say to you let progress continue,” Gomez said.

Like Daniels, Gomez urged support for the President’s re-election bid.

Meanwhile, Gifford Marshall, who rose to prominence under the APNU+AFC Administration when he was elected as the first Mayor of Bartica in 2016 and severed two consecutive terms under the coalition, brought a message of love and unity.

Warning that a divided nation would only fall, Marshall said Guyanese must work together for the betterment of the country, and put aside racism and divisiveness.

“Residents of Bartica for too long we have struggled with racism, we have struggled with division, we have struggled with divisiveness and it is time that we put our shoulders to the wheel and show the world that Guyana is not curse, it is blessed; show the world that we can work together; show the world that we are One People, One Nation, One Destiny,” the former Mayor said.

After serving for two consecutive terms as Mayor of Bartica under the APNU+AFC, Marshall, not long after, said his time in politics had come to an end. However, he signaled his return to politics last month with his endorsement of President Ali.

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