ELECTIONS for Toshoas and Councillors of the nine Amerindian communities across Region 2 will begin on July 16 at Bethany in the Supenaam Creek and St Monica in the Upper Pomeroon River.A release from the Region 2 Hinterland Department said residents of Mashabo on the Essequibo Coast and Kabakaburi in the Upper Pomeroon River will vote for their respective Toshoa and Councillors on July 17, while on July 20, residents of Wakapoa will vote to elect their Toshoa and Councillors.
On July 21, the village elections will be held at Capoey and at the Amerindian village of Akawini in the Lower Pomeroon River. Residents of Mainstay/ Whayka will vote on July 22 to elect their Toshoa and Councillors, while residents of St Deny’s Tapakuma will elect theirs on July 23.
The village elections will be conducted by officers of the Hinterland Department of the Region 2 Administration. The REO of the Regional Administration is expected to be the returning officer.
(Rajendra Prabhulall in Essequibo)