Two months after President Irfaan Ali announced that embattled Eccles Ramsburg Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) councillor, Nazar ‘Shell’ Mohamed resigned because of imposed United States sanctions, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) said that it was still awaiting notification of the vacant post.
As such, no plans could be put in place nor a date set for a by-election to elect a candidate to fill the position.
“Unless GECOM is informed that there is a vacant post and it needs to be filled, it can’t act,” Chief Elections Officer Vishnu Persaud told the Stabroek News yesterday when contacted.
Asked if GECOM had received any official word from the NDC, he replied, “Not as far as I am aware.”