The Alliance for Change (AFC) yesterday said that it has lost confidence in the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) given its complicity in the New Movement (TNM) representative Asha Kissoon still refusing to give up the parliamentary seat now designated to the agreed-on ANUG representative.
“The recent disclosures by Gecom that it erred in the interpretation of the Representation of the Peoples Act (ROPA), when it advised that a member of the National Assembly was permitted to occupy a seat which they were not legally entitled to do so, has led to a loss in confidence in the leadership of Gecom,” the AFC said in a statement yesterday.
“The Alliance for Change is of the view that an error of this magnitude and its attendant consequences including permitting a person to vote on legislation for the past year when the person was not entitled to occupy a seat in the National Assembly and participate in its deliberations, has caused irreparable damage to the ability of Gecom, under its present leadership, to continue to manage the affairs of this organization,” it added.