Georgetown -Mr. Oscar Clarke, General Secretary of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) has stated that his Party is supportive of the work being done by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) in preparation for the upcoming General and Regional Elections.
This assurance was given during a meeting between a Team of Representatives of the PNCR and a Team of GECOM Officials on Monday, February 7, 2011 at the Commission’s premises.
The Meeting, which was held at the behest of the Party, sought to clarify and draw attention to certain matters connected with the recent Cycle of Continuous Registration and the General and Regional Elections – 2011.
During the meeting Mr. Clarke pointed out that The PNCR had been doing its share in trying to motivate persons who had not as yet uplifted their ID Cards by using the Registration Areas lists of such persons which had been prepared by GECOM and shared with the Parliamentary Political Parties.
Mr. Clarke was concerned, however, that the PNCR had not received the list of persons from the South Georgetown Registration Areas.
Acknowledging that the lists for all of the other Registration Areas had already been given to his Party, he said that the receipt of this outstanding list would enable the PNCR to enthuse the relevant persons to collect their ID Cards.
Further, Mr. Clarke made reference to what he called a “rumour” that GECOM intends to mail the ID Cards to the respective registrants who were yet to collect theirs, and enquired whether this would in fact be done.
Chief election officer Goocol Boodhoo assured the PNCR Team that the list of persons from the South Georgetown Registration Areas who had not as yet uplifted their ID Cards was not given to the PNCR because it was still being prepared.
This task had been delayed because of more urgent work associated with the recently concluded Cycle of Continuous Registration.
The outstanding list should be ready by Wednesday, February 9, 2011, and would be made available to the Party soon thereafter.
GECOM’s chairman, Dr.Steve Surujbally made it abundantly clear that GECOM never intended to mail ID cards to registrants nor will the Commission ever go in this direction, for obvious reasons. He invited Mr. Clarke to assist in dispelling the rumour.
