The combined Opposition tonight voted against two allocations totalling $527 million for the Guyana Elections Commission saying that the necessary reforms must be made and if they are, APNU and the AFC would support a supplementary appropriation to get the money back.
An allocation of $902.8 million under ‘other’ was reduced by $500 million while an allocation of $53.7 million for refreshments and meals was cut by $27 million.
In proposing the cuts, AFC’s Khemraj Ramjattan asked Prime Minister Sam Hinds whether the remaining pieces of electoral reform legislation will be brought to National Assembly to make the holding of Local Government Elections possible.
Hinds said
