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Good and Green Guyana (GGG) was a political party in Guyana.
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Good and Green Guyana (GGG) was a political party in Guyana.
The party was established in 1994 by former Prime Minister Hamilton Green after he was expelled from the People's National Congress, [1] and was initially named the Forum for Democracy, [2] before becoming Good and Green Georgetown. The 1994 Georgetown City Council elections saw GGG defeat the PNC and PPP, allowing Green to become mayor. [3]
In 1995 the party was renamed Good and Green Guyana. [1] In the 1997 general elections it received only 0.4% of the vote and failed to win a seat. [4] It did not contest any further elections. [5]
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