– Demerara Waves –August 15, 2019
Photo: GECOM Chairman Claudette Singh flanked by (left to right) PPP-aligned election commissioners Robeson Benn, Bibi Shadick, and Sase Gunraj and pro-coalition commissioners Charles Corbin, Vincent Alexander and Desmond Trotman.
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The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Thursday (August 15, 2019) did not discuss the implications of the High Court judgement on house-to-house registration and related matters because commissioners were yet to obtain a copy of the written decision by Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire, an elections commissioner said.Government-appointed elections commissioner, Vincent Alexander expected the seven-member body to meet again by Monday before GECOM Chairperson, Retired Justice Claudette Singh informs President David Granger on the way forward. He said that an estimated 230,000 persons have so far been registered since the commencement of the house-to-house registration exercise on July 20. The Chief Justice, in her decision, said it would be unconstitutional to remove the names of persons who have been registered before. “The question on the way forward, in some regards, was not determined in the main because we are still not in receipt yet of the written decision of the judge,” he said.
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Thursday (August 15, 2019) did not discuss the implications of the High Court judgement on house-to-house registration and related matters because commissioners were yet to obtain a copy of the written decision by Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire, an elections commissioner said.Government-appointed elections commissioner, Vincent Alexander expected the seven-member body to meet again by Monday before GECOM Chairperson, Retired Justice Claudette Singh informs President David Granger on the way forward. He said that an estimated 230,000 persons have so far been registered since the commencement of the house-to-house registration exercise on July 20. The Chief Justice, in her decision, said it would be unconstitutional to remove the names of persons who have been registered before. “The question on the way forward, in some regards, was not determined in the main because we are still not in receipt yet of the written decision of the judge,” he said.
Alexander declined to comment on the aspect of the Chief Justice’s decision that persons previously registered could not be taken off the National Register of Registrants.
People’s Progressive Party election commissioners Robeson Benn and Bibi Shadick declined to comment fully on Thursday’s meeting of the commission, with Shadick saying it is “commission business”.
Thursday’s meeting, Alexander said, also focused on preparations for general elections, procurement of some supplies and the status of the house-to-house registration process.
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Simple Simon says
Do non resident Guyana registered
citizens have the right to vote ?
Many of us in the diaspora who wish to
Return to Guyana sometime in future may have “dual” citizenship.
Am a resident of UK/EU
Am also a citizen of UK/EU.
Am guyana born and resided in Guyana
for 2 decades before moving to UK/EU
As a citizen of Guyana but a non resident
do I have the right to vote ?
In my opinion
Everyone resident in Guyana for some time
(5 years or more) should be allowed the “right to vote”….
Kamtan