GECOM deliberates General, Regional Elections timeline

Georgetown: As the Guyana Elections Commission continues its preparations for the conduct of credible General and Regional Elections, a continuation of Tuesday’s (3rd September, 2019) Statutory Meeting of the Commission was held on Friday, 6th September 2019, to critically examine and deliberate on the draft schedule of timelines provided by the Secretariat.

Justice (retd) Claudette Singh (Center) and six GECOM Commissioners

 The discussions which lasted in excess of four hours were centered on the durations in relation to each activity and will continue at the next Statutory Meeting on Tuesday, 10th September, 2019.

However, while those critical discussions are ongoing, the GECOM Secretariat continues to work on the encoding and verification process of the data garnered from the House-to-House Registration Exercise.

In addition, the Commission is moving swiftly with the training of polling day staff countrywide. To date, training has been completed in Region 4 (Georgetown, East Bank and East Coast) and Region 5. Training will be conducted in Regions 1, 2 and 10 on the 7-8 September, 2019.

Guyana Elections Commission stated that it is committed to ensuring it produces a credible list for the conduct of credible General and Regional Elections within the shortest possible time in accordance with law.