LJP wants polls before end of year Shuman tells Carter Center team

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From left to right are: Anne Marlborough – Legal analyst; Carlos Valenzuela – Senior electoral advisor to The Carter Center; Nicholas Jahr – Political and Electoral Analyst; Brett Lacy, Associate Director of the Carter Center Democracy Program; John Flores, General Secretary, LJP;. Yvette Irving, LJP Member and Davon Van-Veen, LJP Member.
From left to right are: Anne Marlborough – Legal analyst; Carlos Valenzuela – Senior electoral advisor to The Carter Center; Nicholas Jahr – Political and Electoral Analyst; Brett Lacy, Associate Director of the Carter Center Democracy Program; John Flores, General Secretary, LJP;. Yvette Irving, LJP Member and Davon Van-Veen, LJP Member.

Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) Lenox Shuman on Thursday told a visiting team from the Carter Center that his party is hopeful that general elections can be held before the end of the year.

The Atlanta, Georgia, US-based group, which has been associated with democratic reforms and governance here for around 30 years, has been sounding out political parties and other stakeholders on the way forward in the aftermath of the December 21st, 2018 motion of no-confidence against the APNU+AFC government.

In a statement on its meeting with the Carter Center team, the LJP said that Shuman stressed the need for constitutional reform, anti-corruption legislation and his anticipation that general elections can be held before the end of the year.