PPP/C commissioners accuse Gecom of avoiding court’s scrutiny

After losing a bid to get Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield to withdraw his application for the elections petition to be struck out in the High Court, the PPP/C-nominated Commissioners of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) yesterday accused the elections management body of seeking to dodge public scrutiny.

Commissioner Robeson Benn, speaking at a press conference at Freedom House yesterday, said the conclusion was arrived at after a vote was taken on a motion moved by him and seconded by fellow PPP/C-nominated commissioner Bibi Shadick to get Lowenfield to withdraw the summons filed to strike out the petition.

The motion, which was tabled at Gecom’s Statutory Meeting on November 24,