The Guyana Elections Fee (GECOM) has issued a agency rebuttal to ideas that President Irfaan Ali’s resolution to call September 1, 2025, because the date for the upcoming Basic and Regional Elections was primarily based solely on the recommendation of its Chairperson.
In a press release, GECOM mentioned it was essential to make clear the occasions main as much as the President’s announcement, following what it described as “pertinent disinformation” shared throughout a press convention on Might 27.
Based on GECOM, President Ali contacted the Chairperson on Might 23 to ask whether or not elections could possibly be held inside three months. The Chair then consulted with the Chief Election Officer (CEO), who confirmed that the Secretariat was in a state of readiness and had already drafted a preliminary work plan for such a chance. That draft positioned a possible election day at August 25, 2025—inside the constitutionally required three-month window. GECOM’s Chair is retired Justice Claudette Singh, and its Chief Elections Officer is Vishnu Singh.
GECOM emphasised {that a} “schedule of actions” mentioned at a Might 20 assembly was not the formal work plan for the elections, however relatively a doc ready in response to a request to estimate the earliest attainable election date as soon as they turned constitutionally due. Whereas a Commissioner had made observations on the schedule, it was by no means finalized or adopted because the operational plan.
With the CEO’s assurance and in accordance with Article 61 of the Structure—which mandates elections inside three months of Parliament’s dissolution—the Chair suggested the President that GECOM would be capable of conduct the elections inside the specified timeframe.
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GECOM concluded its assertion by expressing hope that the clarification would put to relaxation claims that the Chair had acted unilaterally.” Hopefully, the foregoing will dispel the publicised notion that the Chairman acted unilaterally, as was propagated through the above-referenced Press Convention,” it mentioned.
