APNU slams GECOM Chair over year-long suspension of meetings

(Kaieteur News) – A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has called on Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh, to publicly explain the legal basis for suspending meetings of the Commission, arguing that her decision was political rather than legally justified.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, APNU said GECOM’s recent acknowledgement that legislative intervention would be required to change the composition of the Commission effectively confirmed that the existing commissioners remain lawfully in office and were entitled to continue discharging their duties. The party said the Commission’s position raised serious questions about Singh’s decision to suspend meetings, particularly since GECOM had acknowledged that the outstanding dispute over opposition representation could be resolved through legislation.

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“If the law has to change before the composition of the Commission can change, then the law as it stands today gives the sitting Commissioners the right to keep serving,” APNU stated.