A draft of proposed amendments to the Representation of the People Act should be completed by the end of next month after which the opposition and citizens will be able to make inputs.
“The idea is to make more transparent and to define responsibilities in the Act that are unambiguous and… to put in place a set of penalties for people who may try to steal the elections,” Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday told a press conference, where he announced the move.
“Any right-thinking person will support that. That’s the objective. Every person will have a chance to have an input. So, we are soliciting these views. Eventually there will be a draft, hopefully by the end of June – a draft bill. Then that draft will be sent to the international community, all the political parties in Guyana, civil society bodies and GECOM too, and will be up on the website. Then people would have 3 months in Guyana to give their input,” he added.
