All set for local gov’t polls – Bulkan

Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan (second from left) , Permanent Secretary Emile McGarrell (third from left) , Principal Municipal Services Officer Nandranie Harrichan (right) and Canadian High Commissioner Pierre Giroux at the workshop for the Development of Plans of Actions for Municipal Development. (GINA photo)

The Ministry of Communities is now awaiting word from the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), for the holding of Local Government Elections (LGE) now that all the administrative orders are in place. According to Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan, LGE can take place within the first-quarter of 2016.

GINA said that he was addressing municipal representatives today, at an Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Building Development workshop, at the Arthur Chung International Convention Centre.

Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan (second from left) , Permanent Secretary Emile McGarrell (third from left) , Principal Municipal Services Officer Nandranie Harrichan (right) and Canadian High Commissioner Pierre Giroux at the workshop for the Development of Plans of Actions for Municipal Development. (GINA photo)
Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan (second from left) , Permanent Secretary Emile McGarrell (third from left) , Principal Municipal Services Officer Nandranie Harrichan (right) and Canadian High Commissioner Pierre Giroux at the workshop for the Development of Plans of Actions for Municipal Development. (GINA photo)