Guyana Elections Commission Chairman Dr Steve Surujbally, while debunking claims that GECOM is spending too much money, has stressed the need for society and politicians to have confidence in the body’s credibility.
GECOM Chairman Dr Steve Surujbally is flanked by top officials at the Private Sector Commission’s Annual General Meeting on Thursday
He lamented, among other unnecessary activities in elections preparations, the presence of scrutineers, who he said are costing a lot of money. “I do not ask for scrutineers and that hundreds of millions of dollars that we pay for scrutineers. To have people look over my back, that should not be,” Dr Surujbally said on Thursday, June02 in his address at the 19th Annual General Meeting of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) held at the Pegasus Hotel, Kingston, Georgetown.
The GECOM chairman, who was guest speaker at the event, updated the gathering on preparations for the 2011 national elections and related matters. “We should have confidence in the credibility, and not have people ensure that we are doing whether house-to- house registration, or verification after the registration,” he declared. He went on to decry fingerprint cross-matching as another uncalled for process, since Guyana “doesn’t have a culture of cross-voting.”
