Following a request by the Guyana Elections Com-mission (GECOM), a team from the United Nation is here evaluating what electoral assistance may be needed for the Local Government Elections due by the end of this year and the 2020 General Elections.
A release yesterday from the Attorney General’s Chambers said that a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) team, which consisted of Hassan Sesay, Senior Electoral/Political Affairs Officer; Fernanda Lopes, Election/ Gover-nance Expert and Guillermo Kendall, Senior Political Affairs Officer met with Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams, SC and team on the request made by GECOM for provision of technical aid in preparation for the 2018 Local Government Elections and the 2020 General Elections.
The release said that the aim of the visit was to discuss with the Attorney General the purpose of the Needs Assessment Mission (NAM) whose functions are to evaluate the current and electoral environment in Guyana, and evaluate the form of future UN electoral assistance. The NAM will recommend the type of aid that should be provided and the parameters, including the length of assistance, and modalities that will govern such assistance.
