Rise Organise and Rebuild Guyana

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Rise Organise and Rebuild Guyana (ROAR) was an Indo-Guyanese political party in Guyana led by .

History[]

ROAR was established as a political party in 1999, and was the first party in the country to describe itself as being ethnically-based.[1] In the 2001 general elections it received 0.9% of the vote, winning a single seat,[2] taken by Dev.[1] For the 2006 elections it formed an alliance with the Guyana Action Party, which received 1.2% of the vote and won one seat.

Prior to the 2011 elections many of its members joined the Alliance for Change.

References[]

  1. ^ a b David Hinds (2011) Ethno-politics and Power Sharing in Guyana: History and Discourse, New Academia Publishing, p84
  2. ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p366-368 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6


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