Chief Justice defers decision on criteria for the selection of Gecom Chairperson

Roxane George

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George SC yesterday deferred her expected judgement on questions about the President’s criteria for the selection of a Guyana Elections Com-mission (Gecom) Chair-person, including whether a judge must be among the nominees for the post.

Justice George adjourned the proceedings until June 16 in order to allow representatives of the Attorney General’s Chambers enough time to examine written submissions and to prepare to answer her questions.

Businessman Marcel Gaskin had approached the court in March seeking a declaratory order on