‘Not long from now’

Claudette Singh

-10-hour work day approved, 14-day quarantine for CARICOM observers reversed

Following the approval of a 10-hour work day and the reversal of a decision to quarantine CARICOM observers for 14 days,  the Guyana Elections Com-mission (GECOM) is one step closer to executing a national recount of votes cast in the March 2 General and Regional Elections. 

“Not long from now,” GECOM Chair, retired Justice Claudette Singh, told reporters yesterday when asked for a start date.

Government-nominated GECOM Commissioner Vincent Alexander added that the Commission expected to receive a “draft order” for the recount last evening though the “start date” itself will be influenced by the availability of the high-level observer team from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).