16-594: (Redirected from PNCR ) People's National Congress may refer to: People's National Congress (Guyana) , a political party in Guyana People's National Congress (Maldives) , a political party in the Maldives People's National Congress (Papua New Guinea) , a political party in Papua New Guinea See also [ edit ] National People's Congress ,
32-660: Is a democratic socialist political party in Guyana . It was a consultative member of Socialist International until 2005. The WPA was established in 1974, as an alliance of the Working People's Vanguard Party , the African Society for Cultural Relations with Independent Africa (ASCRIA), the Indian Political Revolutionary Associates and Ratoon, and became a political party in 1979. It did not run in
48-485: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages People%27s National Congress (Guyana) The People's National Congress Reform (PNCR) is a social-democratic and democratic socialist political party in Guyana led by Aubrey Norton . The party currently holds 31 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly. In Guyana's ethnically divided political landscape,
64-624: Is made up of member of the CEC, MPs, NCW, GYSM and Officers of regional party groups. The General Council meets each quarter. The People’s National Congress Reform’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) is the governing body of the Party. The Party Leader, Chairman, Vice Chairman and fifteen (15) members of the Executive Committee are elected at the Biennial Congress. The General Secretary is appointed by
80-470: Is the women’s arm of the party. The Biennial Congress (BC) is the sovereign body of the party, as it has been throughout the party’s history. Congress debates reports submitted by the Central Executive Committee and resolutions on contemporary issues. The General Council (GC) undertakes strategic oversight of the policy development between Congresses. This is chaired by the party chairman and
96-575: The 1961 elections , which saw the PPP win a majority. In the 1964 elections the PNC won 22 of the 53 seats and despite receiving fewer votes than the PPP, it was able to form the government in coalition with the United Force , with Burnham becoming prime minister. During the 1960s, the PNC was allied with Eusi Kwayana 's Black Nationalist African Society for Cultural Relations with Independent Africa (ASCRIA), until
112-537: The 1980 elections , but put forward candidates for the 1985 elections . Although it pulled out of the elections on election day, it still received 1.4% of the vote and won a single seat. In the 1992 elections , it increased its share of the vote to 2.0% and retained its seat in the National Assembly. For the 1997 elections , it formed an alliance with the Guyana Labour Party named the Alliance for Guyana. Although
128-464: The snap elections , following Granger's government loss of a vote of no confidence back in 2018. Granger refused to accept the results, but eventually five months later, Irfaan Ali of the People's Progressive Party/Civic was sworn in as the new president because of allegations of fraud and irregularities. The Guyana Youth and Student Movement is the youth arm of the party. The National Congress of Women
144-670: The Leader, from among the fifteen elected members. Ten members are co-opted to the Central Executive by the Leader and other elected members. In addition each of the Party’s 10 Regions elects a representative to the Central Executive Committee, and the Chairpersons of the Youth and Women arms of their representatives are also Central Executive Committee Members. Party Committees are elected annually at
160-619: The PNCR is a multi-ethnic organization. It is the main component of the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) coalition with the Alliance for Change (AFC) . The PNC was formed in 1957 by the faction of the People's Progressive Party (PPP) led by Forbes Burnham that had lost the general elections earlier in the year. In 1959 it absorbed the United Democratic Party . The PNC won 11 seats in
176-555: The PPP/C. The PNC lost elections in 1997 and in 2001 as the PNC/R. Following Hoyte's death in 2002 he was succeeded as party leader by Robert Corbin . The party went on to contest and lose the 2006 election as part of the PNCR-One Guyana (PNCR-1G) coalition. Prior to the 2011 election it formed the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) alliance with several smaller parties. Although
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#1732863334129192-575: The alliance's share of the vote dropped to 1.2%, it won one seat. In the 2001 elections , the WPA allied with the Guyana Action Party , receiving 2.4% of the vote and two seats. The party did not contest the 2006 elections , although one of its members ran as part of the Alliance for Change . In the 2011 elections it was part of the Partnership for National Unity alliance, which won 26 seats. Prior to
208-537: The following levels. The basic unit of the party is the group, which consists of no less than twelve (12) members. The voice of the party membership on party policies is heard through their interaction at all of these levels, through the year and also at the Annual Conferences. The New Nation is a weekly newspaper reflecting the views of the party, which is widely circulated locally and overseas. Working People%27s Alliance The Working People's Alliance
224-534: The opposition APNU and AFC won more seats than the PPP/C, the leader of the largest party automatically became president, meaning PPP/C leader Donald Ramotar . The APNU formed a joint list with the AFC for the 2015 elections , known as the APNU+AFC, in which they defeated the PPP/C, winning 33 of the 65 seats. PNCR leader David A. Granger subsequently became president. In March 2020, President David A. Granger narrowly lost
240-514: The organization broke with the PNC in 1971 on government corruption issues, and reinvented itself as a multi-ethnic pro-democracy movement to later become the Working People's Alliance . The PNC remained in power following suspected fraudulent elections in 1968 , 1973 and 1980 . Desmond Hoyte became PNC leader and president following Burnham's death in 1985. The party won another fraudulent election in 1985 , but allowed free and fair elections to be held in 1992 , in which they were defeated by
256-658: The state legislature of the People's Republic of China People's Congress (disambiguation) National Congress (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title People's National Congress . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=People%27s_National_Congress&oldid=902044341 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Political party disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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