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The Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) is in­ten­si­fy­ing its call for the Elec­tions and Bound­aries Com­mis­sion (EBC) to be un­der clos­er scruti­ny, as it says there is a need for a Com­mis­sion of En­quiry in­to the agency’s op­er­a­tions.

Dur­ing a me­dia brief­ing at the UNC’s of­fice along Charles Street, Port-of-Spain on Thurs­day, at­tor­ney Dar­rell Al­la­har com­plained of con­tin­ued al­leged ir­reg­u­lar­i­ties in the process lead­ing up to this year’s Gen­er­al Elec­tion and a need to re­form the elec­toral sys­tem.

“We have just told the Com­mon­wealth Ob­serv­er team that in light of all that has tran­spired so far, the UNC is of the very strong view that im­me­di­ate­ly af­ter the Gen­er­al Elec­tion there ought to be es­tab­lished a Com­mis­sion of En­quiry in­to the EBC.”