Declaring that “time is of the essence,” and that “the constitutional clock is ticking,” the Bar Council of the Guyana Bar Association (GBA) has issued a call for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to expeditiously enable an accurate and transparent declaration of results from the March 2nd elections.
Describing the Commission’s attitude to the current electoral impasse as “laissez faire” and “disgraceful and inexcusable” the Council yesterday noted that Article 69 of the Constitution mandates that on dissolution, the next session of Parliament must commence no later than four months from the end of the preceding session.
With the last session of Parliament being dissolved on December 30th last year, the Council has noted that the next session of Parliament must therefore begin in another 13 days—no later than April 30th.
