WPA welcomes appointment of new GECOM chair

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) has welcomed the appointment of Justice Claudette Singh as the new chairperson of the Guyana Elections Com-mission (GECOM) and has called on the political forces to tone down the political pressure and allow GECOM to do its work.

“GECOM should not be the arena for settling political scores. Compromise and consensus should drive the deliberations and decision-making. Guyana can ill-afford a dysfunctional elections body at a time when the stakes are very high,” the party said in a statement yesterday.

The government announced on Friday that Justice Singh was selected as the new Chairperson of GECOM. She is to be sworn in today.