Opposition-nominated commissioners on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will not be supporting Chief Election Officer (CEO) Gocool Boodoo’s bid to extend his contract beyond its April 30 expiry date as a result of an incorrect calculation that could have resulted in the PPP/C being declared the outright winner of the November 28, 2011 polls.
“His contract is up… he is gone at the end of the contract. It is still to be determined if to offer him a new contract,” a source close to the commission explained, while adding that there will be an assessment done to determine whether a new contract is warranted.
Asked whether the opposition-nominated members of the commission would be inclined to support Boodoo’s