Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo warns that Guyana’s two traditionally dominant political parties, the PPP/C and the PNCR, could face “extinction” or become irrelevant unless they adapt to changing public attitudes. He links the risk to shifting support among younger voters and to the parties’ continued reliance on entrenched racial and political divides.

Speaking at tributes and a wake for former opposition leader Robert Corbin, Jagdeo urges the parties to build trust, adopt new political thinking, and cooperate in the national interest. Multiple outlets describe his comments as unusually candid, with a consistent focus on moving beyond decades of racial division and mistrust rather than maintaining politics along inherited lines.

While the coverage differs in tone and emphasis—some outlets frame the message as a direct warning about long-term survival, others as a broader call to overcome political fragmentation—all report Jagdeo delivering the same central message: continued division threatens the parties’ relevance as voter priorities evolve. The outlets also agree on the setting of his remarks, including the commemoration of Robert Corbin.