Georgetown: The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) said it has enough funds to conduct local government elections whenever the time comes, according to Dr Steve Surujbally.
“We hardly ever when elections are concerned have problems with financing. I mean parties would be going crazy if GECOM was not financed adequately.”
The commission, he said, is currently carrying out the fifth cycle of continuous registration exercise. Dr Surujbally said by the end of this cycle, it was expected that 20,000 more persons will be added to the list of registrants.
According to him, the commission is financially capable of carrying out that exercise which is part and parcel of the entire election process. “Relative to the demarcation to the boundaries, that is going fantastic.
The GECOM chairman also clarified that it was the local government and regional development minister who would decide on the date for the hosting of local government polls.
Dr Surujbally related that this should not be disputed, as it is written in the Constitution of Guyana.
He pointed to the fact that the president is the one who chooses a date for national elections.
Dr Surujbally added that besides being financially stable, the commission was fully equipped and ready to stage the long-anticipated local government elections.
The GECOM chairman explained that certain statutory provisions will have to be made in order to move ahead with the successful hosting of these elections, nonetheless.
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