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Opposition-nominated commissioners walk out of GECOM meeting

This story is developing and will be updated.

Opposition-nominated GECOM commissioners today walked out of a meeting of GECOM following controversy over a statement by Commissioner Robeson Benn.

Statement by Opposition nominated Commissioners of the Guyana Elections Commission

WALKOUT

At the statutory meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission of the 5thJune, 2018, the Chairman of the Commission, Mr. James Patterson, raised the issue of a public statement made by Commissioner Robeson Benn regarding the ethnic composition of the workforce of the Secretariat of the Guyana Elections Commission.

From left are Bibi Shadick, Robeson Benn and Sase Gunraj

In responding to the Chairman, Commissioner Benn attempted to justify his assertion and in doing so, pointed out that the perception was that the vast majority of the staff of the Commission were persons of one ethnic descent. The Chairman disputed Commissioner Benn’s claim without offering any evidence to substantiate his position.

The Chairman prevented Commissioner Benn from defending his position and when challenged, adjourned the meeting for over half and hour.

Upon resumption, the Chairman announced that Commissioner Benn would not be recognized and therefore prevented from participating in the remainder of the meeting. We were therefore forced to walk out of the meeting.

We view this as a blatant attempt to censure and muzzle discussion on critical and important issues at the Commission in general, and in particular contributions on issues regarding ethnic diversity in hiring practices at the Commission.

We have a constitutional mandate to execute and do not serve at the pleasure of the Chairman of the Commission. We hope that this is not an attempt to alter the delicate balance contemplated by the Constitution in the composition of the Commission.

SaseGunraj
Bibi Shadick
Robeson Benn

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Prince posted:

Yes, Patterson reminds me of the house speaker. They bulluism started and election is two years away. I fully blame the PPP for everything because they allow it. 

You are GNI's biggest Donkey. Jackass Granger appointed his own GECOM head unconstitutionally and you are blaming the PPP.

You are a dumb as they get.

PNC has always been a bunch of scumbags. Every Black leader whom emerges becomes a dictator, the question that needs to be asked: Is this rigging pattern genetic ?

Remember, Granger rigged his own leadership race and had purple firing gunshots at Congress Place. More to come from the PNC in 2020.

Please address.

FM
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yuji22 posted:
Prince posted:

Yes, Patterson reminds me of the house speaker. They bulluism started and election is two years away. I fully blame the PPP for everything because they allow it. 

You are GNI's biggest Donkey. Jackass Granger appointed his own GECOM head unconstitutionally and you are blaming the PPP.

You are a dumb as they get.

PNC has always been a bunch of scumbags. Every Black leader whom emerges becomes a dictator, the question that needs to be asked: Is this rigging pattern genetic ?

Remember, Granger rigged his own leadership race and had purple firing gunshots at Congress Place. More to come from the PNC in 2020.

Please address.

Why the personal attacks? Riff would have had me in handcuffs already. 

Mitwah
Django posted:

Opposition-nominated commissioners walk out of GECOM meeting

This story is developing and will be updated.

Opposition-nominated GECOM commissioners today walked out of a meeting of GECOM following controversy over a statement by Commissioner Robeson Benn.

Statement by Opposition nominated Commissioners of the Guyana Elections Commission

WALKOUT

At the statutory meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission of the 5thJune, 2018, the Chairman of the Commission, Mr. James Patterson, raised the issue of a public statement made by Commissioner Robeson Benn regarding the ethnic composition of the workforce of the Secretariat of the Guyana Elections Commission.

From left are Bibi Shadick, Robeson Benn and Sase Gunraj

In responding to the Chairman, Commissioner Benn attempted to justify his assertion and in doing so, pointed out that the perception was that the vast majority of the staff of the Commission were persons of one ethnic descent. The Chairman disputed Commissioner Benn’s claim without offering any evidence to substantiate his position.

The Chairman prevented Commissioner Benn from defending his position and when challenged, adjourned the meeting for over half and hour.

Upon resumption, the Chairman announced that Commissioner Benn would not be recognized and therefore prevented from participating in the remainder of the meeting. We were therefore forced to walk out of the meeting.

We view this as a blatant attempt to censure and muzzle discussion on critical and important issues at the Commission in general, and in particular contributions on issues regarding ethnic diversity in hiring practices at the Commission.

We have a constitutional mandate to execute and do not serve at the pleasure of the Chairman of the Commission. We hope that this is not an attempt to alter the delicate balance contemplated by the Constitution in the composition of the Commission.

SaseGunraj
Bibi Shadick
Robeson Benn

Da lady look mad as hell...look like she doing the battle for her two colleagues sitting next to her!

V

It's a PPP habit to walk off when the going gets tough instead of staying and demand fairness. How long did they take to resume duty in parliament? Who was crying when the speaker bully them? These people are not representatives of the people. They are dogs with their tails between their legs. They allowed themselves to be bullied. How can you blame PNC?

FM

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