GECOM to meet with political parties today –OLE to be available after April 12

POLITICAL parties will meet with officials from the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) today to address a number of pertinent issues, Nomination Day, and the Official List of Electors (OLE) among others.The scheduling of the meeting was confirmed by GECOM Chairman, Dr. Steve Surujbally, via a telephone interview with the Guyana Chronicle yesterday.

Asked again about the recent “dirty list” comment from the leadership of the political Opposition, A Partnership for National Unity and the Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC), he reiterated that APNU+AFC has not communicated any such concerns to GECOM.
“All of the correspondences we have reflect an expression of confidence in GECOM by APNU+AFC,” Dr. Surujbally said.
He added that he has no reason to believe that the legitimacy of the Official List of Electors will be questioned.
“The OLE will be available after April 12,” the GECOM Chairman assured.
Currently, copies of the Revised List of Electors (RLE), a list modified using the Preliminary List of Electors, are posted at locations across Guyana for perusal by stakeholders in the electoral process.
Dr. Surujbally also repeated that the Commission has a “menu of measures” to ensure the integrity of the electoral process, particularly to ensure that no one person votes more than once.
The list includes the names of 570,786 eligible voters and the list will remain in public view for 21 days – which ends in April 12 – as is the statutory requirement, during which time members of the Guyanese public and eligible voters are invited to review the list to ensure the details are correct.
Any inaccuracies can be communicated to the Commission, and the Chief Elections Officer, (CEO) Mr. Keith Lowenfield, has the authority to make the corrections.
Once that review period comes to an end, the CEO is then expected to certify the RLE and, from this, produce the Official List of Elections, which will facilitate voting at the upcoming May 11 General and Regional Elections. (Vanessa Narine)

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