House-to-house registration, which the APNU+AFC government insists is necessary for holding credible elections but which the opposition PPP says would be in contravention of the Constitution, is set to begin today.
This was officially announced yesterday by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), which said that while it is undertaking the registration exercise, concurrent operational activities for the preparation of general and regional elections are also underway.
The PNCR, the main constituent of the governing coalition, has welcomed the exercise while the PPP called the exercise illegal and urged that GECOM prepare for general and regional elections instead. The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) recently ruled that a December 21, 2018 no-confidence motion against the APNU+AFC government was valid, and that the clear provisions of Article 106 of the Constitution immediately became engaged.
