Granger, Jagdeo meeting ends without agreement

“We did not get past the first item on the agenda which is a date for elections,” Jagdeo told reporters outside of the Ministry of the Presidency moments after the meeting came to an end. He said that Granger indicated that he is prepared to discuss the date but GECOM has to be ready.

“I said to him clearly you are the president of Guyana, you have a duty to uphold the constitution of Guyana. GECOM is a creature of the constitution, GECOM cannot override the constitution and therefore unless we have a discussion on the date I am not prepared to move forward on any other issue on the agenda,” he told reporters. GECOM has indicated that the earliest date for elections is July.

APNU/AFC and their apologists are attempting to undermine the constitution by claiming that one vote should not be enough to bring down the government. But not a single one of them had a problem with fact that this government won power by one vote. Region eight returns were APNU/AFC- 1837; PPP/C -1,836! And when GECOM refused a PPP request for a recount no one had an issue with that!