Plans on track for LGE
PPP/C CommissionerSase Gunraj
PPP/C CommissionerSase Gunraj

-Gunraj says

PPP/C-nominated GECOM Commissioner Sase Gunraj has said that “everything is on track” for the June 12, 2023 Local Government Elections (LGEs).

He made this comment following a GECOM meeting on Tuesday.

“So far, everything seems on track for the holding of elections as scheduled,” he said, before adding that “no major issues were raised” during the meeting.

Last month, Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall wrote the Chairperson of GECOM, Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh appointing June 12, 2023, as the date for the conduct of the elections.

That date was chosen on the basis of the work plan that was submitted by GECOM to the minister.

Last month, GECOM approved the said work plan, which paved the way for the secretariat to proceed with the implementation of the relevant statutory and administrative activities for the elections in the 80 Local Authority Areas (LAAs) countrywide.

The LGEs were legally due in 2021 and the funds were budgeted to facilitate this. However, several issues facing GECOM at the time prevented the holding of the elections, including the non-appointment of a Chief Election Officer (CEO).

Thus far, the Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Khemraj Ramjattan, has said that the party will not be participating in the elections. However, its severed other half, the People’s National Congress Reform-led A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) will be participating.

 

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