– Vincent Alexander
Opposition Commissioners at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) say that while the body has no power to remove The New Movement’s (TNM) Asha Kissoon from Parliament, it can “stop pussyfooting” and address the issue as it relates to who is the real Leader of the List of her party and that she is illegally occupying the seat.
According to GECOM Commissioner Vincent Alexander, TNM’s Leader of the List, Gerald Forde, has been writing GECOM since January of this year, asking it to explain how, since he is Leader of the List, Kissoon was allowed to be sworn into Parliament and for them to set the record straight.
Producing documents to back up whatever position GECOM takes, Alexander says, should also be done in the interest of transparency and democracy.