Councils didn’t inform Gecom of deadlocks on mayor, chairpersons

The Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) was never officially informed by the relevant council officers that attempts to elect a Mayor and Chairpersons in the six local government areas where there were electoral ties resulted in stalemates, PPP/C commissioner Sase Gunraj says.

Gunraj was last night  explaining why Gecom did not intervene after the councillors in the town of Mabaruma and five Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) reached deadlocks in their attempts to elect leaders.

“Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield has indicated that neither the