Former Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) Dr Steve Surujbally has advised his successor Justice James Patterson to push for the introduction of electronic voting and to resuscitate talks to commence an elections management course at the University of Guyana.
Surujbally told Stabroek News yesterday that he held a fruitful discussion with Patterson last Friday and urged him to give attention to the things that he was not successful in implementing as well as to build good relations with local and international partners.
Patterson, a former High Court judge was sworn in on October 19, two and a half hours after Granger met with Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo to inform him of the rejection of a third list of candidates submitted by him and his unilateral selection of Patterson. Surujbally left office in February of this year.
