The following is the full text of a statement from the Guyana Elections Commission:
“THE Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is in receipt of a report that persons who claim to belong to “Future Forward Foundation” have been visiting homes in the Wismar Registration area #10 seeking information on the pretext of being employees of this commission.

In this regard it is imperative that we make it abundantly clear that GECOM is not currently engaged in any such exercise, nor has the commission engaged or authorised any person or group or organisations to collect information from any person for any reason whatsoever through house-to-house visits or any other methodology.

GECOM takes this opportunity to state categorically that, as an integral component of the ongoing registration exercises, GECOM registration staff and accredited scrutineers of the Parliamentary Political Parties are required to visit the given residential addresses of applicants for registration only to verify the existence and accuracy of addresses they would have provided.

However, those applicants are routinely advised about legal requirements at the time of the application being prepared.
GECOM staff and scrutineers are required to display their respective identification and accreditation badges throughout all such field exercises. Accordingly, the public is hereby cautioned not to recognise any person(s) without a GECOM identification as being a representative of this commission.

In view of the foregoing, citizens are urged to be extremely cautious and not to provide any information to those persons purporting to be GECOM representatives. Persons are asked to contact GECOM on telephone numbers 223-9653, 225-5808 or 225-5868 to report or clarify any concerns.”