Guyana Action Party Explained

Guyana Action Party
Abbreviation:GAP
Foundation:January 1989
Ideology:Indigenism
Socialism
National:WPA (2001)
ROAR (2006)
APNU (2011)
Country:Guyana

The Guyana Action Party (GAP) is a left-wing[1] political party in Guyana representing the indigenous Amerindian population.[2]

History

The GAP was established in January 1989 as Guyanese Action for Reform and Democracy (GUARD).[3] It contested national elections for the first time in 2001, when it formed an alliance with the Working People's Alliance; the alliance received 2.4% of the popular vote, winning 2 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly.

The party allied with Rise Organise and Rebuild Guyana for the 2006 elections, with the combined list winning a single seat. In 2011 the party joined the A Partnership for National Unity alliance in the build-up to the elections that year.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leftist parties of Guyana . 2016-11-11 . 2008-01-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080116014214/http://www.broadleft.org/gy.htm . dead .
  2. Web site: Guyana Elections. . 22 February 2001.
  3. Tom Lansford (2014) Political Handbook of the World 2014, CQ Press, p585