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Reply to "New GECOM Chairman"

Demerara_Guy posted:

My statement ....

GECOM was established by an amendment to the constitution in 2000.

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Excerpt from GECOM web site ...

GECOM Source --- http://www.gecom.org.gy/elections_commission.html

Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM)

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is the entity that is responsible for the administration and conduct of elections in Guyana. GECOM is headed by a Chairman and six Commissioners. GECOM is supported by core staff in its Secretariat. The work of the Commission is supplemented in its elections preparation and administration by thousands of temporary staff.

 

 

See section 10 of the Election Laws (Amendment) Act No. 15 of 2000.

Appointment of the Chairperson and Commissioners:
Chairperson
The Chairman shall be a person who holds, has held or is qualified to hold the office of Judge of the High Court or the Court of Appeal or any other fit and proper person who is appointed from a list of six persons, who are not unacceptable to the President, submitted by the Leader of the Opposition after he has meaningfully consulted with the non-governmental political parties represented in the National Assembly. If the Leader of the Opposition does not submit such a list of persons then the President shall appoint a person who holds, has held or is qualified to hold the office of Judge of the High Court or the Court of Appeal. The current Chairman of the Commission was chosen by the President from a list of six persons submitted by the Leader of the Opposition.

 

You post this and forget to read about the fact that the list has to include people who are NOT UNACCEPTABLE to the president.

In the event that the list does not include people who are acceptable to the president then he can act unilaterally.  The word "such" a list means quite a lot and certainly doesn't suggest that the president is forced to select from any 6 people who the opposition decides that it wants.

Thank you for posting this!

FM
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