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On Wednesday, 29th April 2015, all eight parties contesting the General and Regional Elections, signed the Political Parties Code of Conduct at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) building on High Street, Kingston, Georgetown.

 

The parties which signed onto the Code of Conduct were the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC), The United Force (TUF), the Healing the Nation Theocracy Party, the United Republican Party, the Independent Party, the National Independent Party and the Organisation of the Victory of the People Party.

 

Delivering the key remarks was Chairman of the Commission, Dr Steve Surujbally who told the parties that the event was of historic proportion, while noting that the document would serve as a reinforcement of the desire of having political maturity.

 

“Today we have come together to create another red letter day. Notwithstanding the fact that we have carried out a similar exercise as a preparation for the 2011 General and Regional elections, we must recognise today also as an occasion of historic proportions; a day which will be long remembered by the political analysts of our country; a day which reflects the reinforcement of the desire to exhibit political maturity. This day begins the process in which political differences are consciously cast aside,” he told the parties.

 

According to him, the signing to the document has now elevated all to a moral high ground, since the Code could not be faulted and it was not a punitive one. “It is very straight forward… peace and order, compliance with electoral laws and respect for the parties and the electorate are of paramount importance… GECOM must not be placed in a position to manage elections in an environment of hostility and unnecessary vulgarity. We are here to heal,” he said.