President Donald Ramotar and Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) Chairman Dr Steve Surujbally met briefly early yesterday prior to the announcement of the suspension of the Parliament.
Surujbally told Stabroek News that, given the current political climate, he requested a meeting with Ramotar to gauge the government’s intentions.
He said that during the meeting, held at the Office of the President, Ramotar stated that he would be addressing the nation on his proclamation to prorogue Parliament. He added that no specifics in relation to the commission’s preparedness to hold general or local government elections were discussed.
During his address to the nation, moments after the meeting, Ramotar said that should engagements between the government and opposition during the suspension fail, then early general elections would be called.
The meeting between Gecom’s Chairman and the President has observers paying keen attention to what the next move by the government will be. For months,
