GECOM Chair to rule on poll date today

Chairperson Claudette Singh

Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (Rtd) Claudette Singh, will today at 10.30 am disclose the date she is proposing for the holding of  General and Regional Elections.

This is according to Sase Gunraj, and Vincent Alexander, Opposition and Government-nominated GECOM Commissioners respectively, who spoke to media after a meeting of GECOM’s Commissioners yesterday afternoon.  

The Chairman’s date would have to be communicated to President David Granger who will then have to make a decision on elections. Granger has insisted that only GECOM can say when elections can be held based on its readiness.