Jagdeo still awaiting feedback from potential nominees to head Gecom

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said that he is still awaiting feedback from some potential nominees that he has shortlisted for the post of Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom), while one has already declined.

“Already one person has said no… I suspect what within a week or so I would have completed the consultations and the new list would be submitted to the president,” Jagdeo told a news conference yesterday.

He had shortlisted eight persons after consulting with various civil society organizations.

He noted that he had read in the state-owned Guyana Chronicle of