IN keeping with the provisions of the Local Authorities (Elections) (Amendment) Act, 2009, the Minister of Local Government and Regional Development has made the necessary orders and has had them served on the Guyana Elections Commission.

These orders pertain to the seats in the various local government organs, the areas where the elections are to take place and the constituencies to be demarcated.

This announcement was made by Ministerial Adviser at the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development Mr. Clinton Collymore, who said the seating ranges from twelve for small NDCs to twenty for larger ones. 

“This means that the constituencies range from six to ten as the case may be. Where the municipalities are concerned, the seats range from fourteen in the case of New Amsterdam, to thirty in the case of Georgetown,” Collymore said in a statement issued yesterday by the Government Information Agency (GINA).

According to Collymore, the above orders were served on the Guyana Elections Commission yesterday and were addressed to Dr Steve Surujbally, as Chairman of the Commission.

Copies of the correspondence were made available to key stakeholders, he added.