Responding to claims by Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) retired Justice Claudette Singh that her decisions are grounded in the law, Opposition Com-missioner Vincent Alexander has said that she has misconceived the nature of the body, which can go beyond interpreting and making decisions based on the law.
As a result, Alexander is arguing that the Chair cannot even claim the right to make decisions based on the “prepared statements” she has delivered in the past.
“To wit, when pronouncing on the decision of the Commission, her prepared statements cannot be treated as rulings based on law. They can only be considered as her vote on the matter, at hand. She, therefore, cannot even claim the right to make decisions,” Alexander wrote in a letter to the editor of this newspaper.
