Voter education on stream

Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Dr. Steve Surujbally yesterday denied that the voter education drive is behind schedule, saying that everything is going according to its plan as the date for elections nears.

He was at the time responding to recent concerns by three of the four groups contesting the polls, the PPP/C, APNU, AFC, which earlier this week said they were dissatisfied with GECOM’s education drive. In particular, they said more needed to be done to target first time voters.

“They know when we would begin the intensity with civic and voter education. This is not something we do willy-nilly and grasp it out of the air. This is a plan. We are the people who know how to