GECOM says it will be ready to hold elections in mid-October

CHAIRMAN of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Dr. Steve Surujbally has indicated that the Commission, based on its current plans, and barring the emergence of any unforeseeable impediment, will be ready to hold national elections in mid-October.
“The time is fast approaching when we will inform President Bharrat Jagdeo that we have reached the state of complete readiness, and that he may set the date for the elections – that being his constitutional responsibility,” Surujbally said.
“According to our current plans, and barring the emergence of any unforeseeable impediment, we would be ready for the holding of the elections in mid-October,” he declared during a news conference yesterday at the Hotel Tower in Georgetown.