By today, a revised Code of Conduct for political parties will be disseminated and hopefully, by mid next week, the parties will sign on to it, Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Dr Steve Surujbally says.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday at City Hall where parties were presenting their lists of representatives for the May 11 general elections, Surujbally said that he doubted there would be any problems with the amendments and by mid next week, he hoped that the parties would “sign with some fanfare.” Once this is done, it is the responsibility of the parties to adhere to the tenets of the code, he said.
He had noted that the revisions to the 2011 Code of Conduct for the parties will be sent out and by Monday or Tuesday next
