Gecom work being stymied by absence of Chairman – commissioner

Sase Gunraj

The elections commissioners have not been meeting because of the non-appointment of a Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) Chairman, according to Com-missioner representing the PPP/C, Sase Gunraj who last evening said that this situation is stymying their work.

Gunraj told Stabroek News that the commissioners have not received any reports or updates regarding Gecom, except for the one occasion he had to ask.

Contacted yesterday on a report which was recently completed by Auditor General Deodat Sharma on the commission’s acquisition of several dozen radio sets at a $100M price tag, Gunraj, an attorney-at-law, said that he has not received a copy and he blamed this on the fact that the commissioners have not met since the departure of former Chairman Dr. Steve Surujbally at the