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told that they are already registered in the truncated house-to-house registration exercise
Earlier today, Chief Elections Scrutineer of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), Zulfikar Mustapha, in an interview, confirmed that the PPP have been receiving reports that person who turn up to register at various Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Registration Centers are being turned away by staff. “These persons are being told that they cannot re-registered because their names are on the list compiled with the data garnered from the recently truncated house-to-house registration exercise,” Mustapha stated.
According to Mustapha, “At the Diamond GECOM Registration Center six (6) persons have been turned away; at the Church Street Center (Prime Time Building) seven (7) persons were turned away; at the Eccles Center another one (1) person was turned away.”
Mustapha also stated that the staff are telling persons that they have been so “instructed”.
Notably, Mustapha informed this new agency that he raised the matter with the Chief Elections Officer (CEO), Keith Lowenfield, and that Lowenfield informed him that no such decision was ever made and that no such instruction was given to staff.
Further, PPP-nominated GECOM Commissioner, Bibi Shadick, stated that she received reports also that persons were being turned away from registration center for the same reason. According to Shadick, “At the Parafaite Harmony Registration Center four (4) persons were turned away.” She further explained that at the last statutory meeting of GECOM, she raised the matter at the level of the Commission and Lowenfield informed the Commission that no such decision was made, and no such instruction was given to the staff.
As a result, both Mustapha and Shadick are urging the intervention of GECOM Chairperson, Justice Ret’d Claudette Singh and Lowenfield.
Claims and Objections will be ending on the 11th November 2019, with Claims ending on the 4th November 2019, and Objections running until the 11th November 2019.
