New ID cards will be available until polling day- Dr. Luncheon

Georgetown : Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon announced that persons who have not yet uplifted their new identification cards (ID cards) have until polling day to do so. 
This decision by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) came in light of the fact that approximately 40,000 persons have not yet uplifted their cards. 
Dr. Luncheon said that the issues of ID card distribution and disenfranchisement of eligible Guyanese remain the key focus of Cabinet with regards to preparations for the upcoming general and regional elections.  
“The discussion on disenfranchisement reflected Cabinet’s ongoing concerns about the possible impact of the failure of the provision of the source documents to the eligible voters. Cabinet was convinced that the failure to provide those documents was preventing thousands of eligible voters from being registered,” Luncheon said.