The President must give reasons if he decides to reject any nominee submitted for the post of Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) chairperson, according to the Guyana Bar Association (GBA), which also says that the law does not limit the office to judges.
“In simple terms, the rejection of the entire list would be difficult to lawfully justify, unless it is expressly stated that each of the persons named on the list is specifically and individually rejected,” the GBA has also argued in its submissions to acting Chief Justice Roxane George SC, in the proceedings initiated by businessman Marcel Gaskin, who has asked the court for an interpretation of the criteria for the selection of a Gecom Chairperson, including whether a judge must be among the nominees for the post.
In submissions presented last Wednesday, the GBA, which was
