Stats Bureau staffers may challenge GPSU electoral lists

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) may see a challenge to its list of nominees for its upcoming elections, where incumbent Patrick Yarde and three others are slated to contest for the post of president.

Jermaine Hermanstyne, who has been at the forefront of recent protests calling for Yarde’s removal after successive terms as the head of the union since 1993, said that the list of nominees will be challenged because it does not include submissions from the Bureau of Statistics.

The Bureau had reportedly submitted two nomination lists to the Chief Elections Officer of the GPSU on March 16.

During a press conference called recently by Hermanstyne and other union members who are