The Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) yesterday defended the integrity of the preliminary voters’ list, while debunking “ill-advised accusations” being perpetuated through the media by the People’s Progressive Party (PPP).
During a press briefing held at Cara Lodge yesterday to address concerns about the registration of electors and its readiness, Gecom Chairman Dr Steve Surujbally stated that given the historical context of elections here, Gecom took umbrage at the allegations that the Preliminary List of Electors (PLE) is padded. He said that the use of the word suggested that Gecom was consciously adding to the PLE with ulterior motives, which he vehemently denied.
Surujbally also laced into the “deceptions” that are being peddled, such as the amount of dead persons on the list—confirmed to be 12,404—and why Gecom has not removed such entries from the PLE or the National Register of Registrants (NRR). He reiterated that having dead persons still on the PLE was due to negligence by the General Register Office (GRO), which falls under the
