Meeting on Chief Election Officer deferred

Gocool Boodoo

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) yesterday pushed back its statutory meeting until next  Tuesday because a legal opinion on whether Gocool Boodoo is eligible to re-apply and be re-appointed as Chief Election Officer is not yet ready.

Following the conclusion of a GECOM meeting last week where the matter of Boodoo’s contract renewal was discussed, GECOM Chairman Dr. Steve Surujbally opted to put the matter aside until he consulted his legal team. The matter was to come up for discussion again at the meeting  yesterday but Surujbally had not yet gotten the legal advice sought on the matter,