– Granger says will seek explanation from Lawrence
Even though the government has publicly declared its non-support for its Local Government Elections (LGE) candidate Winston Harding after it was reported in the media that he had been charged with child molestation, it was yesterday revealed that there is no legal barrier to him taking up a seat on the City Council.
“There is no legal basis for disqualification of the candidate. It is a moral question, it is a political question but it certainly is not a legal question,” Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) Commissioner Vincent Alexander said during a press conference yesterday.
President David Granger hours earlier had said that Harding’s possible recall will have to be discussed at the party level and that he will be seeking an explanation from Minister of Social Protection Volda Lawrence as to how he ended up as a candidate for the coalition. Despite the revelations there had been defensive
