Former top elections officials from India, Ghana to arrive in January

The Guyana Elections Commission yesterday announced that former Chief Election Commissioner of India, Dr. Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi and former Chairman of the Ghana Electoral Commission Kwadwo Afari-Gyan will from next month be observing  its  preparations and conduct of the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections.

“These two gentlemen will be here from early January…those persons would be advisors to me and the Commission, as a whole, and they will also oversee the elections,” Chairperson of GECOM, Justice (Rtd) Claudette Singh yesterday told a press conference.

The two men will form the Commonwealth’s observer team which GECOM has said is just one of many as this country has approved the applications of several international organizations to observe the elections.