ELECTION WATCH: LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS GECOM on track for LGE 2023 – Gunraj

The efforts of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), to date, are “on track” to ensuring the roll out of Local Government Elections (LGE), according to GECOM Commissioner, Sase Gunraj.

In invited comments on Tuesday (March 14, 2023), after GECOM’s weekly statutory meeting, he said, “So far, everything seems on track for the holding of elections as scheduled…no major issues were raised during the meeting.”

Additionally, GECOM continues to work on the preparation of the Voters’ List to be used for the conduct of Local Government Elections 2023. Following the certification of the Preliminary List of Voters, persons 18 years and older by May 22, 2022 and is a Guyanese citizen by birth, descent, or naturalization, or is a citizen from a Commonwealth country living in Guyana for one year or more were allowed to make a Claim for entry on the Register of