GECOM restates readiness for local gov’t polls once order given

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) yesterday reiterated its readiness to hold local government elections once it is called on by government to do so and several of its senior officials explained to stakeholders the system under which the next such elections will be held.

The Savannah Suite of the Pegasus Hotel was packed as members of the public and private sector turned up to listen to the GECOM officials during a seminar organised by the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI).

But, even as the likes of Steve Surujbally, GECOM Chairman; Keith Lowenfield, GECOM Chief Elections Officer (CEO) and Vincent Alexander, GECOM Commissioner, delivered presentations on