Assembly for Liberty and Prosperity (ALP) leader and former government minister Simona Broomes has dismissed the escalating dispute over opposition-nominated commissioners at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) as a “sideshow,” arguing that changing commissioners will do little to address deeper flaws in the country’s electoral system.

Her comments come as Forward Guyana Movement (FGM) leader and the opposition’s lone parliamentarian, Amanza Walton-Desir, is scheduled to meet today, June 23, with Leader of the Opposition and We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) leader Azruddin Mohamed as consultations continue over nominees for opposition representation on the elections body.

Walton-Desir has proposed FGM prime ministerial candidate Nigel London as an opposition commissioner, while Mohamed has advanced three names for consideration: Senior Counsel Roysdale Forde and attorneys-at-law Siand Dhurjon and Damien Da Silva.