The Canadian Government has offered to assist the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) in any way needed as it approaches the May 11 General and Regional Elections.
The offer was made when Director of the Central America and Caribbean Relations Division of the Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Department, Johanne Forest, accompanied by the Canadian High Commissioner, Dr Nicole Giles, recently made a courtesy call on GECOM Chairman, Dr Steve Surujbally, to discuss a number of issues pertaining to the Commission’s current situation as it relates to the approaching General and Regional Elections.
GECOM Chairman, Dr Steve Surujbally meets Canada’s Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Department Central America and Caribbean Relations Division Director, Johanne Forest, along with Canadian High Commissioner, Dr Nicole Giles
GECOM Chairman, Dr Steve Surujbally meets Canada’s Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Department Central America and Caribbean Relations Division Director, Johanne Forest, along with Canadian High Commissioner, Dr Nicole Giles
During the discussion, Forest was comprehensively briefed by Dr Surujbally on the Commission’s current state of preparedness for the successful management of the upcoming elections, as well as those particular areas of importance currently being addressed by the Commission, as it enters full elections mode.
The Chairman disclosed that GECOM has since begun to put in place a variety of logistical and administrative arrangements for the effective management of the forthcoming elections. The training of Polling Day staff, printing of manuals, as well as the roll-out of GECOM’s Civic and Voter Education programme, are activities currently in progress.
Also emerging from the discussion were the ways in which the Canadian Government can be of assistance to GECOM as the Commission assiduously endeavours to effectively and efficiently manage the upcoming General and Regional Elections in a transparent, free and fair manner.
GECOM’s Chairman carefully noted that, as an elections management body, the Commission would continue to work within its power in collaboration with its various partners, to ensure continuous credibility in all electoral activities in Guyana.
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