Government hints that Local Government elections will not be held this year

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana government has hinted that the long awaited Local Government elections may not take place this year and is blaming the opposition grouping, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) for deliberately delaying the process. The state-owned Chronicle newspaper Tuesday quoted Local Government Minister Ganga Persaud as saying that the work of the committee tasked with dealing with the legislative amendments is yet to be completed and that the time required by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) would be inadequate to stage the elections this year. Efforts to obtain a response from the APNU have so far proved futile.