A broad group of civil society organizations met last month to pursue reforms of the electoral system and they have since invited political parties to address issues that are fundamental to the process.
Following a meeting attended by some 17 organizations and interested individuals, a decision was taken to engage the political parties to determine their current thinking with respect to electoral reform, a release issued yesterday by the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) said. As a result, six political parties–PPP/C, PNCR, AFC, GAP, TUF, and the WPA–were invited to a forum to be held tomorrow to address issues related to reform of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM); geographic constituencies; organization of the party lists; registration of parties contesting elections; and campaign financing. The forum has been convened by the GHRA and it is sponsored by civil society organizations in the professional, religious, trade union, indigenous, women, youth and disabilities sectors. It will be chaired by Hugh Cholmondeley.
The release said that while efforts by
