GECOM to confirm timeline for local gov’t polls when new Chief Election Officer hired

GECOM Chair retired Justice Claudette Singh

Confirming that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) would be unable to hold Local Government Elections (LGE) before the deadline, Chair-person Justice (ret’d) Claudette Singh has officially informed Attorney General Anil Nandlall that she would communicate the new timeline when a Chief Election Officer is hired.

Justice Singh made the disclosure in response to a letter from Nandlall.

Nandlall wrote to Singh on December 2, on behalf of Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Nigel Dharamlall, requesting confirmation of GECOM’s inability to hold the elections.