Georgetown: Political Parties contesting Monday’s Regional and General Elections have signed the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM’s) Code of Conduct, pledging to maintain peace and public order and compliance with electoral laws.
Signing on behalf of their parties, the two largest parties contesting the elections were President David Granger for the A Partnership for National Unity+ Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) Coalition and Irfaan Ali for the People’s Progressive Party (PPP).
Parties absent from Friday’s signing were; the Federal United Party and Organization for the victory of the people.
Chairperson of GECOM, Justice Claudette Singh said she is pleased that the political parties have agreed to sign on to the code.
“It is refreshing to note that many of the political parties have readily consented to abide by the principles embodied in the code by their presence here this afternoon. I will urge all parties to adopt a responsible approach in an effort to ensure that in the days leading to elections, during the campaigns that they be free of hate speeches, incitement, and provocation which may inevitably invoke emotions in an already charged atmosphere.”
People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Presidential Candidate Irfaan Ali said: “for us, the code of conduct is very important part of elections.”
“We’ve committed before and we remain committed to the values of the code of conduct…ensuring there is free and fair elections and also an election that is free from fear,” he stated.
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