The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) yesterday decided to proceed with a 42-day long Claims and Objections (C&O) process, which began yesterday, although opposition-nominated commissioners maintained that a 35-day process had previously been agreed upon.
Following a vote at an over three-hour-long statutory commission meeting, government-nominated commissioner Vincent Alexander told reporters that Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield stated that when President David Granger announced March 2nd as the date for elections he granted the commission extra days which the secretariat decided to use to lengthen the objections period.
“The change of time does not interfere with the overall framework within which we operate. It just seeks to use time. The more time we have to do Claims and Objections, the greater is the opportunity for people out there to be able to get their names on the list,” Alexander explained.
