Jagdeo shuts down President’s proposal to replace Carter formula

September 7 2018

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Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo has indicated the need for electoral reform to be placed on the agenda for talks with President David Granger, but swept aside a proposal to scrap the ‘Carter formula’ used for the appointment of Commissioners to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

“Definitely the conduct of elections should be something that we should put on the table in the discussion with President Granger. Maybe we should just contract this out. Get the United Nations because I think we can do it for cheaper with the sums of money that they spend at GECOM now and some of it going for all sorts of things,” Jagdeo told a press conference yesterday.

The Carter-Price formula was created by former United States of America President, Jimmy Carter and former Prime Minister of Belize, George Price.
The formula allows for the Opposition and Government to nominate three Commissioners each, with a Chairman appointed by the President, following consultations with the Opposition Leader.

The formula was a response to the contentious 1992 elections and was first applied in the General Elections of 1997.

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There were some different takes by Jagdeo, until CM was hatched.