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– Govt. okays MMU restartSeven international bodies are being invited to monitor Guyana’s upcoming General Elections.Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Roger Luncheon,Cheap Authentic Jerseys, said that invitations are to be extended to CARICOM,Cheap NFL Jerseys, the Commonwealth, United Nations, Organization of American States (OAS),Cheap Jerseys Store, European Union,wholeslae cheap nfl jerseys china, UNASUR and Carter Centre.The government official made the disclosure yesterday during his weekly post-Cabinet briefing.It was disclosed yesterday that the Media Monitoring Unit (MMU) which was reportedly closed last year after government wrote the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to stop funding,NFL Jerseys Outlet, will be revitalized by a decision of Cabinet on Tuesday.The absence of funding effectively shut operations down for the MMU.In 2006,Wholesale Jerseys USA, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) launched a 15-member independent MMU to help monitor media houses’ coverage of that year’s polls.The body had its offices at the GECOM headquarters,Cheap NFL Jerseys Free Shipping, Kingston, until its closure last year.The MMU’s work includes the monitoring of every newspaper, talk-show and call-in programme.Since 1992,Cheap Jerseys, Guyana has been allowing international observers in to keep an eye on the polling process to ensure fairness and transparency.This year, General Elections were tentatively scheduled for mid-October, but GECOM re-opened the Claims and Objections period during which over 7,000 persons registered. A verification process to ensure no duplication and weed out any possibility of fraud will be conducted on the 7,000-plus names before the voters’ list is prepared.Three parties – the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), the Alliance For Change (AFC) and the People’s Progressive Party/Civic – have already announced their Presidential Candidates. |
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