GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Western countries Wednesday pressured Guyana to ensure that Local Government elections last held here in 1994 take place during the coming months.
In a joint statement issued by the United States Ambassador D. Brent Hardt, the United Kingdom High Commissioner Andrew Ayre, his Canadian counterpart David Devine and Robert Kopecky, the European Union diplomat here, the Western countries recalled that during the 2011 national elections “one issue on which all political parties were in full agreement was the need to hold locl government elections.’
“As we celebrate the arrival of the New Year, all three of Guyana’s major political parties continue to publicly affirm their commitment to holding local government elections,” they said, adding that “we believe that 2013 should be a watershed moment for the people of Guyana, they year they can once again democratically elect their local government”.