GECOM meets with political parties on suspension of CNS 6 licence

Georgetown :The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) met with Representative of A Partnership For National Unity (APNU), Alliance For Change (AFC) and The United Force (TUF) to discuss inter alia – the recent suspension of the broadcast licence of CNS 6.
  
The meeting was held yesterday as a result of a letter dated October 4, 2011, and signed by Mr. David Granger, Presidential Candidate – APNU, Ms. Valerie Garrido-Lowe, Leader and Presidential Candidate – TUF, and Mr. David Patterson – AFC, requesting an audience with the Commission to discuss their stated concerns.
   
At the meeting, the Representatives of the respective Parties were collective in their condemnation of the suspension of the broadcast licence of CNS 6  
They called upon the Commission to intervene in an expedient manner by making representation towards a deferral of the suspension of the broadcast licence of CNS 6 to some time after the upcoming General and Regional Elections.
  
All of the Parties emphasized that the suspension has placed them at a great disadvantage, insofar as equal media access for all Political Parties contesting the Elections is concerned, and that the suspension has created an “uneven playing field”.
 
Dr. Steve Surujbally, Chairman of GECOM, assured that the Parties that their concerns, as delineated in their above mentioned letter, had been discussed at the 341st Statutory Meeting of the Commission on Tuesday, October 4, 2011, and that several relevant opinions had been put forward for consideration.
Accordingly, Dr.Surujbally gave the further assurance that he would contact the Parties as soon as GECOM would have reached a position on the matter.