PPP preparing for meeting with GECOM
THE ruling party is currently preparing for a meeting with the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), according to the party’s General Secretary, Clement Rohee.He noted that the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) will be requesting a meeting with the entire Commission and the Chief Elections Officer (CEO) soon.
The planned meeting follows an indication from President Donald Ramotar, in early December, that Guyana will head to early elections in 2015, after just three years since the last general and regional elections.
Asked for clarity on a timeline within which a date will be set for a return to the polls, the President assured that he will make the proclamation before next year’s Mashramani celebrations, possibly in his New Year’s Message to the nation.
The President’s move to set a date will have a bearing on several processes. Once a date is set it will translate to the dissolution of Parliament, which currently still stands suspended under the November prorogation proclamation. Political parties will then kick into campaign mode. And once a proclamation announcing a date is made by the President to go to general and regional elections, constitutionally, GECOM has three months within which to deliver.
GECOM is currently undertaking its seventh cycle of continuous registration, which ends tomorrow.
POSSIBILITY OF EXTENSION
The PPP General Secretary disclosed that the party has not considered a request for an extension of the seventh registration cycle, but noted that the party is still to review reports of its activists on the ground, who are working with GECOM to ensure that all eligible persons are registered.
He hinted that the party may not make such a request, giving that there will be other opportunities to facilitate the needs of the eligible voters in Guyana, including the claims and objections period.
Given the impending move to general and regional elections, Rohee was also asked about the party’s choice of a prime ministerial candidate, but noted that an official announcement of the party’s candidates will be made at the appropriate time.
“Decision making is a process we take seriously,” he stressed.
extracted from the Guyana Chronicle
PPP votes lost to the AFC will return home. APNU can't pull its own weight and is dependent upon the AFC. The AFC depended on Moses and captured some PPP votes, but this time around they won't be that lucky. The Madman of 48 and the Nagamotoo man are pariahs in Berbice. Who else can the AFC used this time to pull votes?