President Donald Ramotar has signed the proclamation declaring May 11, 2015 as the date for General and Regional elections in Guyana, and this will be soon gazetted as stipulated by the Constitution, GINA said this afternoon.
The Head of State told the Government Information Agency that the date was chosen, based on the available dates that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) provided, “and all the dates that they gave me fell within the exams period, so I chose one …unavoidably we have this (clash over the date)”. President Ramotar said he is pleased with the preparations and alternative arrangements put in place by the Ministry of Education.
There is still no word yet on the proclamation which the President will have to issue dissolving Parliament to pave the way for general elections.
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