St. George, February 27, 2008 -- The Organisation of American States (OAS) has announced plans to send a technical team to Grenada next month to assist the Elections Office in solving problems associated with the voters' registration list.
OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza told a news conference on
Tuesday that the hemispheric body would also be sending an observer
mission for the general election which could be held sometime this year.
The Elections Office has been a source of ongoing controversy since
late last year when the previous Supervisors and Deputy Supervisor of
Elections were removed.
Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Mitchell had made the request for assistance
during talks with the OAS official following repeated calls from the
main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) that there were
discrepancies in the current voters list.
Supervisor of Elections, Nadica McIntyre said her office was to recover
more than 500 missing names and purge the list of the names of more
than 100 dead people.
Opposition Senator and trade unionist Chester Humphrey blamed the
discrepancies on a recent computer crash and accused Dr Mitchell's
ruling New National Party of tampering with the list, a charge which
party officials have denied.
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