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Earliest possible date for elections is Nov. 14 – AFC
The Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Dr Steve Surujbally, has indicated in response to a written request by the Alliance For Change (AFC) that according to their work plan, the earliest possible date for elections is November 14th 2011.
This was related by AFC executive member Dominic Gaskin during the party’s weekly press briefing at its Fourth Street, Campbellville headquarters yesterday.
Dominic Gaskin
In calling for GECOM to fully disclose to the public all relevant information regarding its preparations for the upcoming elections, Gaskin said the AFC will continue with its efforts to ensure that Guyanese are given the chance to vote for a government of their choice in free and fair elections before the end of 2011.
“This confirms our own estimates and represents in our opinion an easily achievable target date for completion of all preparations by GECOM,” Gaskin asserted.
He noted that there have been calls for GECOM to indicate whether or not they have received the results of the cross-matching of fingerprints.
“This should have been received by now, based on our estimations, and the investigations of any duplicates identified by that process should now be in progress….While we have full confidence in GECOM’s competence and ability to complete its planned tasks, we believe that this should be accomplished in a transparent manner and that the public should be kept informed on the progress of their work,” Gaskin emphasised.
He said that would minimize any perception that political parties whose nominees are members of the Commission enjoy access to critical information not available to parties such as the AFC.
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