With general elections less than a year away, the parliamentary opposition parties are against any electoral reforms that could result in a postponement.
This was the view coming out of a civil society-hosted event yesterday at which the parties addressed matters such as reforming the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), campaign financing and geographic constituencies. The event was facilitated by the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) as part of International Human Rights Day activities and saw presentations by representatives of the main opposition PNCR, the AFC, the WPA, GAP and the TUF.
The ruling PPP/C had been invited to the forum but according the GHRA’s Mike McCormack on Thursday the party indicated that its executives would be busy and could not attend. At the end of the forum,
