Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said that GECOM Chair Claudette Singh had stated during a meeting on Tuesday that the Commission was working towards general elections before the end of the year.
There had been similar statements by PPP members on Tuesday following the meeting but yesterday was the first time that Jagdeo officially confirmed it and if it was followed through with it would mean that the GECOM Chair differed from the projection by the elections secretariat of March next year as the earliest date for the controversial general elections.
Jagdeo’s declaration came at a press conference yesterday in res-ponse to a statement from GECOM on Wednesday which had defended the March 2020 schedule.