Amid heckles to “name the date” for local government elections, Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan successfully piloted a bill in the National Assembly to pave the way for the long-delayed polls but did not name a date saying this would have to be done in consultation with the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).
After six hours of debate and consideration of the bill in Committee, the House last night approved the Local Authorities (Elections) (Amendment) Bill 2015 after the government side successfully moved the suspension of the Standing Orders to enable the piece of legislation to go through its first,
