PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee says that the government-nominated members of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) are doubtful about the commission’s readiness to hold local government elections.
“We get the distinct impression from our commissioners that it doesn’t seem that they are ready for local government elections,” Rohee told the weekly PPP press conference yesterday at Freedom House, one week after the opposition used its majority in the National Assembly to pass an amendment that calls for the holding of the polls before August 1, 2014.
Government did not support the bill and it is unclear whether the president would assent to
