Several key and topical issues related to the staging of this year’s regional and general elections were discussed when the newly-appointed British High Commissioner to Guyana, Andrew Ayre, paid a courtesy call on Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Dr Steve Surujbally, at his office on Thursday, October 6.
High Commissioner Andrew Ayre was accompanied by Ioana Logofatu, policy officer within the British High Commission.
GECOM head Dr Steve Surujbally in discussion with British High Commissioner Andrew Ayre
In a media release after the event, GECOM said: “Dr Surujbally updated Mr Ayre specifically on the recent certification of the Official List of Electors (OLE), which marks the completion of a vital element of the preparations for the conduct of the upcoming elections.
“Dr Surujbally recounted for the benefit of High Commissioner Ayre issues associated with the recently-concluded claims and objections exercise, and concomitant activities (eg fingerprint cross- matching, production and distribution of ID cards for new registrants etc), leading up to the production of an impeccable Official List of Electors for the 2011 elections.
“Other issues discussed during the courtesy call were GECOM’s consultative open door policy towards political parties, civil society organizations, and the media; the accreditation of domestic and international observers; the provision of technical support, including the delegation of an International Technical Assessor (ITA), and the resuscitation of the GECOM Media Monitoring Unit (MMU).
“High Commissioner Ayre was also briefed on the establishment of an IT Monitoring Panel at GECOM, and statutory and administrative tasks to be completed in the run-up to Election Day.
“The high commissioner assured Dr Surujbally of the British Government’s continued commitment to assist GECOM in every possible way regarding the conduct of the upcoming elections in a free, fair and transparent manner.”
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