{"id":23597,"date":"2024-10-28T16:41:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T16:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=23597"},"modified":"2024-10-28T16:41:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T16:41:48","slug":"ppp-will-not-tolerate-stifling-of-councillors-in-new-amsterdam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/ppp-will-not-tolerate-stifling-of-councillors-in-new-amsterdam\/","title":{"rendered":"PPP Will Not Tolerate Stifling of Councillors in New Amsterdam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><strong>By Josiah Williams | October 4, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The People&#8217;s Progressive Party (PPP) has stated that it will not tolerate any attempts to stifle its local government councillors as they work to serve their constituents and advocate for development. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This declaration comes from the Party\u2019s General Secretary, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, in response to recent issues in New Amsterdam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The controversy centers around the suspension of PPP councillor Carol Trim-Bagot from the town council\u2019s statutory meetings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jagdeo asserted that the suspension was an attempt by the opposition, particularly the APNU-AFC leadership, to undermine the efforts of PPP councillors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He alleged that the opposition orchestrated this action to silence their voices within the council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jagdeo emphasized that the opposition is trying to hinder the positive work being accomplished by the PPP in New Amsterdam and other areas in Berbice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He highlighted that significant transformation is occurring in New Amsterdam, attributed to the diligent efforts of PPP councillors who are actively engaging with residents to address community concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the last local government elections, the PPP made considerable gains in New Amsterdam, increasing its representation from just two councillors to six out of a total of 14. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The opposition now holds eight seats, indicating a shift in the political landscape of the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Josiah Williams | October 4, 2024 The People&#8217;s Progressive Party (PPP) has stated that it will not tolerate any attempts to stifle its local government councillors as they work&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23598,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,363,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-national-transformation","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23597"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23603,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23597\/revisions\/23603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}