The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has been warned against plans to begin a national house-to-house registration exercise, which its in-house lawyer says could be seen as contravening the judgment of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on the no-confidence motion against government.
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday called reported plans by GECOM to pursue a national house-to-house registration exercise from Saturday to be “open defiance” of the constitution and the CCJ and his party, the PPP, called on all Guyanese to “protest” the commencement of any such exercise.
Stabroek News was able to independently verify that following a request from Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield on Tuesday, July 16th, GECOM’s in-house lawyer, Excellence Dazzell, submitted an opinion that argued that the commission is bound by the judgment, which reiterated that the December 21st, 2018 motion of no-confidence against the government was properly passed by the National Assembly and that the clear provisions of Article 106 immediately became engaged.
