THE governing PPP has got to stop the ludicrous labelling of any citizen or organisation that calls for constitutionally mandated Local Government Elections (LGE) as being “on the side of the political Opposition”.

The only sides applicable are those of putting country and democracy first. The very PPP has said that it wants LGE and is ready, but instead of setting a date for the elections, chooses to question the integrity of GECOM’s readiness and its Chairman.

My advice to GECOM would be to invite all political parties and civil society leaders to examine its operations, and to hear and see first-hand why it believes it is ready for LGE; and to also answer any queries those invited stakeholders might have.

Moreover, those invited organisations should be required to pronounce publicly on their assessment afterwards. This would put an end to this matter once and for all.

CHONTELLE SEWETT
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