Alexander, Trotman withholding support for local gov’t polls

From left GECOM Opposition Commissioners Desmond Trotman, Vincent Alexander and Charles Corbin

Opposition-appointed Commissioners on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Vincent Alexander and Desmond Trotman yesterday said that they are withholding their support for the upcoming local government elections citing a number of reasons.

The decision was communicated to GECOM Chair retired Justice Claudette Singh at yesterday’s statutory meeting.

According to Alexander, the reasons proffered were GECOM’s refusal to review its operations after the 2020 elections. They are of the view that a review would have better-equipped GECOM to streamline its systems for the holding of elections. He said that the refusal of the Commission to proceed with the use of fingerprints at the place of poll for voter identification coupled with the setting aside of their second motion on biometrics also influenced their non-support.