The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will bring the ongoing national house-to-house registration exercise to a premature end on Saturday, August 31st, following a decision by its Chairperson, retired judge Claudette Singh, in order to facilitate preparations for general elections.
At GECOM’s statutory meeting yesterday, Justice Singh listened to the proposals from both the government and opposition-nominated commissioners on the way forward before deciding that “Order 25 of 2019 published in the Official Gazette should be amended for the exercise to conclude on 31st August, 2019 instead of 20th October, 2019.” The information compiled over the last month will be merged with the current National Register of Registrants Database.
The decision has been made, according to the commission, in order to facilitate preparation for elections.
