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President Granger ought to have known that being Chairman of GECOM is a strenuous job
Dear Editor,
The illness of Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission, James Patterson is very worrying because it will no doubt slow up the machinery of the election process in the country. The latest report is that the 85 year old is hospitalized. No details were given concerning the nature of his illness, but one news flash that he was in the intense care unit for a while.
It is worrying that despite protests, President Granger chose to name the aged Patterson to head this important Commission. He rejected all three lists submitted by the leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo and unilaterally chose the retired judge. There is no doubt that Patterson was handpicked for political reasons and the government spent legal fees to defend the court actions challenging his appointment.
Granger, who is much younger, is now ill and ought to know that the Chairman of the GEC is a strenuous job and it would be very challenging for him, but went ahead, casting aside protests and made the controversial appointment.
Several bloggers even those in support of the Granger administration are calling for the appointment of young, strong men who can do the job .
Meanwhile, Speaker Scotland has referred PPP/C Chief Whip Gail Teixeira’s complaint against Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo’s participation in the National Assembly while performing the functions of President, to the parliamentary committee on constitutional reform.
Teixeira’s threats to move to the courts, will of course take quite some time, since there might be appeals.
Oscar Ramjeet
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