Welcoming the impending appointment of Justice Claudette Singh as the new Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), A New and United Guyana (ANUG) has urged that the major political parties support her, even if her positions on how to proceed towards constitutionally-due elections are not in line with theirs.
After weeks of testy negotiations, the retired judge was on Friday selected by President David Granger from a list of six nominees that was formally submitted to him by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo.
In a statement issued yesterday, ANUG noted that Justice Singh will occupy “perhaps the most difficult, challenging and controversial job” in Guyana. “Before even familiarsing herself with the basic elements and parameters of her office, Justice Singh will have to decide whether to support that the electoral list be extracted from the existing database and subjected to claims and objections, or whether a new electoral list has to be compiled from house to house registration. In an equally divided GECOM, her vote will be decisive,” it added.
