With the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) searching for top electoral officials and key preparations still to get underway, local government polls which were scheduled for before the end of this year will likely not be held before the fourth quarter of 2022.
This is the view of opposition-nominated GECOM commissioner, Vincent Alexander. Deferral of the Local Government Elections (LGE) which were due to be held in November or December this year will interrupt the sequence of two consecutive elections which were held under the APNU+AFC administration. After winning the 2015 general elections, the APNU+AFC government held LGE in 2016 after a 22-year hiatus under PPP/C governments. The elections were held again in 2018 and were due this year. With its track record of not holding LGE, analysts say that the PPP/C government will come under close scrutiny to ensure that the polls are held as soon as possible.
