The People’s Republic Party (PRP) is the newest political party to join the race for office come March 2, 2020. Led by Dr. Valerie Leung, a re-migrant who works in the field of law, the party is referred to as “the God-fearing party.” Its members are from the Christian faith and the party was launched on Saturday at the Ocean View International Hotel, East Coast Demerara with a church service.

Dr Leung was born in Pomeroon, Region Two and raised in Georgetown; she is a 63-year-old mother of seven and is the Presidential Candidate but the PRP has not yet found a Prime Ministerial Candidate. With Nomination Day announced for January 10, the party is looking for Candidates. While you do not have to be a Christian, one of the prerequisites listed in the PRP’s code of conduct speaks against homosexuality.

Number seven of the code of conduct says members must “uphold the institution of marriage as being solely between a biological male and a biological female.”

According to Dr Leung, who is also a member of the Georgetown Minister’s Fellowship GMF), the lifestyle of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) persons is wrong and should not be condoned. “You don’t have a right to do what’s wrong,” the Presidential Candidate said, repeating statements she made in June 2018 at a press conference of the GMF. Read more via News Room