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Jan 28, 2015 News
– Rohee
The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is claiming that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) took its statement about the vetting of polling day staff completely out of context and has misrepresented what was said. General Secretary Clement Rohee told media operatives on Monday at a weekly briefing, that the Party has noted this with “deep concern.”
“GECOM, in its statement misrepresented the Party’s statement and accused the PPP of publicly declaring that GECOM has agreed to this condition. The PPP wishes to state that at a meeting held with officials of GECOM, public vetting of polling day staff by political parties was discussed and it was agreed that GECOM will consider the request.”
He emphasized that the Party’s statement was “misunderstood and taken completely out of context by GECOM.”
Rohee examined an extract of the Party’s statement on the meeting held which read that “The PPP delegation called for a public vetting process and committed to provide GECOM with justifications in respect of persons not suitable for employment by GECOM. The Party delegation advised that for GECOM to gain public trust and allow for further vetting, GECOM must make public, the names of all persons to be employed earliest, added to this, the Party requested GECOM to inform all Political Parties about training schedules and to make accessible to Political Parties training manuals available. The PPP recommended that Presiding Officers found guilty of intentional and biased acts in previous elections, be blacklisted from playing any role in future elections. GECOM’s Chief Elections Officer reported that these matters are currently engaging the attention of the Commission.”
Last week, GECOM denied that it had given undertakings to any political party that it would publish for public vetting the particulars of persons who will be employed to work for the upcoming General and Regional Elections.
GECOM’s statement was in response to an article titled “PPP/C pushing for public vetting of elections day staff”, which was published in another section of the media on Tuesday.
The Commission said that the article purported that it’s Chairman, Dr. Steve Surujbally, agreed with a suggestion from the PPP for public vetting of future GECOM employees to be facilitated.
GECOM stated however, that Dr. Surujbally made no such agreement and GECOM’s recruitment will remain professional and will continue to be implemented without influences from any political party or other stakeholders.
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