The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) today said that Nomination Day for Local Government Elections (LGE) which was set for December 12th has been postponed until further notice.
The move comes amid a legal challenge by the main opposition APNU+AFC to the manner in which lists have been extracted for constituencies.
This triggered a recommendation by Chief Election Officer Vishnu Persaud to the GECOM Chair for a further period of claims and objections to the various registers.
In a statement, GECOM said that the decision to postpone Nomination Day was taken at a meeting today which was held to deliberate on Persaud’s proposal “to conduct an Exercise to correct the Registers of Voters for Local Government Elections under Section 24A
of the Local Authorities (Elections) Act, Chapter 28:03″.
The statement added: “Subject to further deliberations on this matter, which has been deemed necessary by the Commission, information on the way forward would be shared, in a timely manner, with all stakeholders”.
The postponement of Nomination Day would mean a further delay in the holding of LGE which should have been held at the end of last year.
