While commending the APNU+AFC administration for accepting its “caretaker status” as a result of its defeat on last December’s confidence vote, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) yesterday urged that the constitutional requirement of elections within three months be followed in order to ensure a “fully functional” government.
“The necessity of a fully functional government with the full confidence of its people is instrumental to a stable business climate, and as such, the GCCI urges that article 106 (7), which states that elections must be held within 3 months of a successful no confidence motion be followed as is mandated by the Constitution,” the GCCI said in a statement yesterday, while noting that the President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has observed that this is so clear and written in plain language that it needs no gloss.
In order to ensure this happens, the GCCI urged President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo to work together through “the constitutionally provided mechanism and, in good faith,” to ensure the appointment of a Chair-person for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is made with greatest expedience.
