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Nov 19, 2015 News
The state of preparedness of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) for the conduct of Local Government Elections (LGE) was discussed between Dr. Steve Surujbally, Chairman of GECOM, and Perry Halloway,
Ambassador of the United States of America to Guyana.
The discussions, according to GECOM, took place during a courtesy call which the Ambassador paid on Dr. Surujbally on Tuesday.
The Ambassador was accompanied by Bryan Hunt, Deputy Chef de Mission of the embassy.
During the discussions, GECOM said that Dr. Surujbally highlighted specific areas in which assistance could possibly be provided through the embassy of the USA, relative to the conduct of local government elections.
The areas include civic and voter education, preparation of relevant signage, procurement of equipment, establishment of a media centre for the elections, and the establishment of a specialized course in elections management at the University of Guyana.
In respect to the latter, Dr. Surujbally explained that such a course would be geared to deliver a pool of knowledgeable personnel to which GECOM would have access when seeking to hire competent persons to work during election projects.
Responding to Dr. Surujbally’s identification of the areas delineated above, Ambassador Halloway undertook to collaborate with the other members among the International Development Partners to determine how to assist GECOM relative to the areas suggested by the GECOM Chairman.
He did point out, however, that at this point in time, big projects like the establishment of a media centre for the elections, and the establishment of a specialized course in elections management, cannot be undertaken.
Local Government Elections were last held in 1994. They were delayed because of reforms agreed to by the then government of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic and the Opposition- the People’s National Congress.
The last bits of legislation were passed this year with the new coalition government planning to hold the elections by the first half of next year.
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