A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) will continue to push for reform of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) with the AFC calling for the commission to be a more “professional body” rather than a “politically dominated” body.
When contacted yesterday, APNU Leader David Granger told Stabroek News that while the partnership will be looking to effect certain reforms of the commission it would be premature for him to state what its next move is before a scheduled shadow ministers’ meeting tomorrow where the issue would be discussed. However, he pointed out that that the partnership was unhappy with the manner in which the last election was administered and identified issues such as changing of polling stations without proper notification and the length of time the commission took to announce the results.
Meanwhile, AFC Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan in an invited comment told this newspaper that his party wanted the commission to be reformed and for it to become a professional body rather than it
