The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) yesterday confirmed that a number of disciplined services officers at Eteringbang were unable to vote last Friday as a plane was unable to land.
Some 43 officers – 35 police officers and eight Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ranks – based in Eteringbang, Region Seven, were unable to cast their votes on Friday as other members of the disciplined services voted at some 62 polling stations across the country.
This was confirmed by GECOM’s Public Relations Officer, Yolanda Ward, who informed members of the media that in this case, the pilot who went to the Eteringbang location had advised that he could not land there and subsequently returned to Georgetown. Ward added that the commission will be transporting the said officers from that location to their respective polling stations to vote on March 2.
Prior to the GECOM announcement, A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC), in a statement called on GECOM to ensure that the members of the GDF who are stationed at Eteringbang are not disenfranchised. In the statement the party reminded that voting is the constitutional right of all eligible Guyanese and further implored Guyanese citizens to be observant during the elections season.
