Former government minister and former parliamentarian Annette Ferguson on Tuesday intensified her campaign against the People’s Progressive Party’s (PPP) proposed Former Presidents’ Benefits Bill 2026, taking her “Kill the Bill” protest from outside the Office of the President to the streets of Georgetown in an effort to rally public opposition to legislation she says places political privilege ahead of the welfare of ordinary Guyanese.

Armed with a large banner declaring “Kill the Bill,” Ferguson and three supporters picketed outside the Office of the President on Regent Road before moving into the city’s commercial district, distributing handbills and engaging pedestrians, vendors and commuters in conversations about what she believes the legislation would mean for taxpayers.

The exercise forms part of Ferguson’s ongoing campaign calling for the complete withdrawal of the bill, a position that has found resonance among trade unions, civil society organisations, former public officials and other sections of society who have questioned the timing and substance of the proposed legislation.