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PPP accuses GECOM of flawed employment policy
The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) yesterday took another swipe at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), a
GECOM’s Chairman,
Dr. Steve Surujbally
move which has become popular in the face of looming elections.
In recent times, PPP has thrown many stones at GECOM. The Party has accused the independent entity of not performing efficiently, of having a flawed Preliminary List of Electors (PLE) and of having double standards.
The Party expresses “concern” over GECOM’s “seemingly flawed and secretive employment policy.”
In a missive released yesterday, PPP said that transparency and accountability are critical in safeguarding the integrity of the organization and Guyana’s democracy.
The release stated, “It is expected that those placed in charge of these organizations will adopt near flawless practices and policies that will be bi-partisan in nature, and involves the major stakeholders in decision making.”
PPP said that it came to the realization that GECOM has a “flawed” employment policy and it has publicly objected to the appointment of Richard Francois, as Public Relations Officer (PRO) at GECOM.
The Party claimed that its objections were premised mainly on the fact that Francois has been openly supportive of the Opposition and had previously used his position and authority to display biased action against leading members of the PPP.
The Party said that Francois’s Facebook page can verify these claims along with the numerous “anti-PPP letters published in the Kaieteur News in his name.”
The Party recently wrote to the GECOM’s Chairman, Dr. Steve Surujbally objecting to Francois’s appointment and “is awaiting firm and decisive actions towards this effect.”
The Party asserted that “the track record of Mr. Francois speaks volume on his lack of professionalism and association with the opposition. The PPP is fully aware that every Guyanese has a right to favour a political Party, but we are also aware that an organization like GECOM and the position he holds, comes with responsibility and fairness. We are not confident that the Nation will be fed with accurate and reliable information under Mr. Francois’s watch.”
PPP added that it is shocked by the sacking of former acting Assistant Chief Election Officer, Deolall Ramlall, who,
GECOM’s PRO,
Richard Francois
according to the Party, was fired without justification.
“Ramlall has years of experience in electioneering and with the appointment of a new CEO and DCEO, one would have expected that his experience would have been necessary and vital, especially with the possibility of early elections.
“One is therefore, left to wonder the motive of GECOM’s action and the rationale behind these decisions,” said the PPP.
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