Ten shortlisted for third GECOM list – Jagdeo

Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo is preparing a third list of nominees for the position of Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission and has shortlisted 10 names.

At a press conference at his Church Street office yesterday, Jagdeo said that one of the persons he selected has already said no.

In response to a question, he told reporters: “We shortlisted 10 persons so from the 10 we have to go down to the first six that we’ll talk to but…one of the ten has already said to me ‘no, I don’t want to be subject to public humiliation’ so I’ll now have to talk one-on-one with those people so over the next few days I’ll do that.”

President David Granger had rejected two previous lists, saying that