The Guyana Action Party (GAP) is a left-wing[1] political party in Guyana representing the indigenous Amerindian population.[2]
Guyana Action Party | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | GAP |
| Founded | January 1989 |
| Ideology | Indigenism Socialism |
| National affiliation | WPA (2001) ROAR (2006) APNU (2011) |
History
editThe 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.
References
edit- ^ "Leftist parties of Guyana". Archived from the original on 2008-01-16. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
- ^ "Guyana Elections". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 22 February 2001.
- ^ Tom Lansford (2014) Political Handbook of the World 2014, CQ Press, p585
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