THE 2015 General and Regional Elections are over. Guyanese have earned a much deserved victory. We have rid ourselves and the future generation of one of the most despicable governments in the history of the Caribbean and we now usher in a competent team of leaders headed by President David Granger and Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo. 

In this regard, I would like to congratulate the President, his new Cabinet and the ‘Unity Team,’ especially those young men and women that demonstrated stick-to-itiveness and singleness of purpose throughout this campaign.
However, as we prepare to reinstate our next phase of democracy, Local Government Elections, in keeping with the campaign promise and to what Guyanese have been looking forward for the last 19 years, there is an urgent task at hand. The immediate reformation of the present Guyana Elections Commission.
The reformation must include a complete restructuring and modernising of GECOM. In this regard, such a task should catapult its way onto the ‘first 100 days plans and legislative agenda’ of the new Administration in order to ensure an efficient commission and the timely holding of Local Government Elections.
It is inconceivable that in this modern age an Elections Commission takes an entire week to tabulate less than 500,000 votes, notwithstanding the geographic challenges. I am quite sure our first form students would have accurately completed that task in less than two days.
This is the fifth consecutive elections after 1992 that Guyanese had to go through this stress, torture and great uncertainty and GECOM seems unable to get it right. Thus it is time we say ‘enough is enough,’ Guyanese deserve better!

BEVON CURRIE