Jones sworn in as new elections commissioner

Sandra V. Jones (left) takes the oath as a Gecom Commissioner before President Donald Ramotar at the Office of the President yesterday.

Sandra V Jones has been sworn in as the new commissioner on the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom), and Opposition Leader David Granger defended her selection as being based on “pure merit.”

Jones, a human resource and organisational specialist, took the oath before President Donald Ramotar yesterday at the Office of the President (OP), becoming the second female commissioner