The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to date has not received any official notice from Government as to whether the Local Government Elections are delayed or postponed for a later date.? As such, they are left in a “limbo” and it would therefore, be illogical for the Commission to “expend scarce resources on an election that they are unsure will take place.”This is according to Public Relations Officer of GECOM,Cheap Jerseys, Vishnu Persaud, who in an invited comment was responding to Alliance for Change (AFC) Member of Parliament (MP) David Patterson.Patterson, during a recent press briefing, chided the commission for the halt on the voters’ education process.Patterson had told media operatives that it is “with grave concern,Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys, that GECOM has ceased their voter education campaign.”Patterson stated that “under a new electoral system,” they 7(AFC) consider it absolutely necessary that GECOM should utilise the current period to expand on their voter education process.Persaud contends that the commission had published advertisements pertaining to the Public Awareness Campaign of Local Government Elections.He added that there were “skit like infomercials” that would have enhanced public knowledge about the elections.Persaud said that once the “outstanding reforms are in place,” and GECOM has the certainty of Elections,Cheap NFL jerseys China, then there will be a continuation of that component as part of the preparation for Local Government Elections by GECOM.The AFC is contending that once the educational process remains in place during the period of time that the opposition parties seek to find consensus on the reforms it would only seek to ensure that the Local Government Elections can be hastened.Patterson maintained that the “outstanding Bills” proposed by the Local Government Task Force “should be agreed on by all parties and the International Community.”MP Patterson and his Party are at variance with the Government of Guyana and its ruling party,Wholesale Jerseys, PPP/C for their position on the guidelines that GECOM has on the Local Government Elections as having the mandate for an “undemocratic” Local Government Elections.He stated during the briefing that their “position on the Local Government Elections remains the same” namely that that the AFC will only participate in Local Government Elections when proper Reforms of the Elections are implemented.The Legislative Bill to be passed by the “Special Select Parliamentary Committee on Local Government Reform has not been reconvened,China Jerseys Wholesale,” Patterson emphasised.He added also that his party is of the view that if “PPP/C Government is serious and fully committed to the holding of Local Government Elections under a reformed governance system,Wholesale Jerseys 2018, this committee has to be reactivated immediately to conclude agreement on the outstanding Bills.”Patterson also expressed his party’s displeasure that it has been “over three weeks” since the Special Select Parliamentary Committee on Local Government Reform had not met.He was referring to the fact that just over three weeks ago, President Bharrat Jagdeo had announced that the Administration would be seeking to have one final attempt with the stakeholders to find consensus on the reforms being called for.Patterson insists that the AFC is going to do “whatever is necessary to ensure that all outstanding legislations are agreed between stakeholders and passed in the National Assembly.”

– had told cops he had unfinished businessNotorious Agricola gang member, Jermaine Charles, called ‘Skinny’, who is charged with multiple murders including those of five Kaieteur News pressmen, yesterday escaped from the Sparendaam Police Station.According to reports, Charles escaped through a hole in floor of the lockups some time between midday and 16:00 hours.A source told Kaieteur News that Charles appeared in the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court yesterday for the preliminary inquiry into the death of Agriculture Minister Satyadeow Sawh,NFL Jerseys Wholesale From China, his two siblings,Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys Wholesale, Pulmattie Persaud and Rajpat Sawh, and security guard Curtis Robinson.According to the source, after making his court appearance,Cheap Jerseys Supply, he was placed into the lockups of the Sparendaam Police Station, a building that is next door to the court. Charles was handcuffed.Reports state that at around 16:00hours the prison van went to the station to uplift prisoners but when the police were looking for Charles, he was nowhere to be found.The police ranks discovered a hole in the flooring that they say Charles could have passed through.This newspaper understands that there were more than 30 prisoners in the lockups with Charles but none of them informed the police of what had transpired.Sources said that one of the prisoners was injured at the hands of others, reportedly for attempting to spill the beans on Charles’s plot.When questioned as to how Charles could have escaped wearing handcuffs from a police station where several ranks and civilians were present, sources said that a massive clean up was taking place at the station and people may have taken Charles for one of the cleaners.After realising that Charles had fled, the police launched a manhunt, searching along the seawalls, the back dam and other areas along the East Coast of Demerara.The police concluded that Charles had a major head start before they even realised that he was gone.Other reports, which have not been confirmed,Cheap Authentic Jerseys, state that Charles was left unattended while he was in the courtroom and calmly walked out.There were reports that some ranks were placed under close arrest but Kaieteur News could not confirm this report.However, reports state that up to late last night the police ranks that were at the station at the time were in a meeting with the Commissioner of Police, Henry Greene.Reports state that Charles had threatened to kill a police officer last week. Another rank said that Charles had said that he had ‘unfinished business’.During his court appearances, at least at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, there is usually additional security. Armed police ranks would be placed in and around the courtyard.On Charles’s first appearance at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court, he was escorted into the court under heavy police guard and his appearance in court lasted for approximately five minutes.They could not have proceeded with the matter because Charles was unrepresented by counsel. When the magistrate gave him a new date he was immediately escorted back into the prison van and taken back to prison.A source told this newspaper yesterday that security was lax. Charles has been on remand for almost two years now and has made numerous court appearances during that time, both in Georgetown and on the East Coast of Demerara.On several occasions, Charles and his cohorts created a ruckus at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, attacking police officers and using expletives. This caused ranks to take even more precautions.?Charles and his co-accused had complained to Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys on several occasions about their matters being prolonged and relayed their frustration at being incarcerated for such a long period of time.They had been on remand for months before their Preliminary Inquiries even commenced.On one occasion, Charles had told Magistrate Gilhuys that “Everything wha happen on de East Bank is de Agricola boys do it.”?“I does deh sleepin pun concrete in prison and me chest huttin me,” Charles had also said.Charles and his alleged accomplices, Dwight Da Silva and Quincy Evans are charged with the murder of Kaieteur News pressmen, Mark Mikoo, Chetram ‘Boyo’ Persaud, Richard Stewart, Eion Wegman and Shazim Mohamed at the Kaieteur News printery at Eccles, East Bank Demerara on August 8, 2006.They reportedly pounced on the five pressmen at about 22:10hrs and allegedly shot each in the head before making good their escape. They were later arrested at a hotel on South Road.Charles is also charged with the murders of Agriculture Minister Satyadeow Sawh, his two siblings, Pulmattie Persaud and Rajpat Sawh, and security guard Curtis Robinson.It is allege