The Carter Center yesterday expressed deep concern at “provocative rhetoric” on the campaign trail as it prepares to deploy a 60-strong team for Monday’s general elections led by its head, former US President Jimmy Carter and including former Barbados Foreign Minister, Billie Miller.
In the first statement by any of the observer teams on pre-election activities, the Atlanta, Georgia-based institution said Guyana’s electoral preparations “appear to be on track in most of the country”.
It noted that since April, the Center deployed a team of five experts and six medium-term observers throughout the country. It said that they have observed developments in all 10 of Guyana’s electoral districts and held meetings with a wide range of groups including political parties, the