June 12 for Local Government Elections

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall has appointed June 12, 2023, as the date for Local Government Elections.

Dharamlall told the News Room on Thursday that he wrote to the Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (ret’d) Claudette Singh appointing the date for the conduct of the long-awaited polls.

The announcement came after GECOM re-opened the process for the submission of applications for the approval of symbols for LGE. Just last week, GECOM approved the work plan for the elections.

Over the past months, GECOM has been under scrutiny for its delay in holding the constitutionally due election.

Dharamlall had announced on October 20 last year that the LGE would be held on March 13, 2023. However, the date was postponed by GECOM since they had to reopen the claims and objections process.

A dispute had also erupted over the demarcation of constituencies and the voters’ list.

LGE was last held in 2018.