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Re-opening period of claims and objections period discriminatory- PNCR

Aug 06, 2011 News

 

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) has termed the re-opening of the claims and objections period as discriminatory.
According to Party Leader, Robert Corbin, the 13-day duration did not treat the source of the problem, which is to change the procedures and to pave the way for persons to obtain their source document (birth certificate).
Corbin noted that the Party’s position on the claims and objections period is very clear and that the Government and the PPP had not tackled the real problem which the PNCR had raised for several years.
The re-opening period only facilitated a few people for whom the PPP managed to get source documents, he argued. Corbin stressed that the exercise was a PPP arrangement.
The question of the re-opening of the claims and objections period was highly contentious, with the Alliance For Change openly opposing the amendment to the National Registration Act.
Corbin had argued that it was a certainty that the amendment would have been passed. He did not seek to comment on the procedure or the fact that the Bill is needed.
His only bone of contention was that there was no consultation with the opposition.
He moved to have the amendment changed to reflect that the clause would stand “for the specific preparation of the 2011 Official List of Electors for the 2011 General and Regional Elections” and to include a sub-clause that calls for the Commission to provide names of electors registered subsequent to the enactment of the amendment to political parties.
On July 21, the PNCR supported the Government’s position to have the claims and objections period reopened.
This resulted in reopening of GECOM claims and objections period from July 25 for 13 days. It allowed persons, who did not enlist previously to register to vote at the upcoming National Elections scheduled for year-end.

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