Jagdeo says to attend meeting with President on Gecom Chairman

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said that he will accept an invitation from President David Granger to meet next Monday for further talks on the appointment of a Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commis-sion (Gecom).

Sources close to Jagdeo say that a main point of discussion with the President would be to ascertain if any of the names of the 12 persons, submitted on the two rejected lists, met his stipulated criteria.

This is because the Opposition Leader wants to evaluate “How many from the combined lists met the criteria since only then will we be in a position to know what he really wants so as to be guided,” one source pointed out.

The source explained that the President will also