The People’s Progressive Party today said it is concerned at the delay of President David Granger in appointing Robeson Benn and Bibi Safora Shadick as the two new opposition Commissioners on the Guyana Elections Commission.
Pursuant to Article 161 (3)(b) of the Constitution Benn and Shadick have been named as the replacement for Mahamood Shaw and Athmaran Mangar. The Party said it is aware that the Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo, wrote to President Granger on September 3, 2015, advising of this decision.
The absence of these members is hampering the PPP’s representation on the commission, the party said.
“The Party now calls on the President to act with commensurate dispatch and appoint Mr. Benn and Shadick so that there is a fully constituted Guyana Elections Commission in the face of the impending Local Government Elections”, the PPP urged.
