Chair of elections probe demurs on question about Claudette Singh’s role

The Chairman, Justice Stanley John (centre) and the Commissioners, Justices Godfrey P Smith (right) and Carl Singh at the opening of the CoI.

The Chairman of the inquiry into the 2020 general elections has declined to answer a question from the Sunday Stabroek on why the final report did not comment at all on the conduct of the Chair of GECOM, Justice of Appeal (retired) Claudette Singh SC.

On the 30th of June, the Sunday Stabroek contacted the chairman of the probe retired Justice Stanley John and asked why considering the testimony of Singh before the probe and questions about her conduct, the report was completely silent on her even though it strongly singled out a number of Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) staffers for being involved in the attempted rigging of the polls.

The Sunday Stabroek via email had also asked Justice John about following up on the recommendations made in the report.