Removing Guyana's election commissioners would require constitutional amendment, former speaker argues

Former Speaker of the National Assembly, Senior Counsel Ralph Ramkarran has stated that in the absence of Constitutional reform, it would be difficult to remove the Election Commissioners who were nominated by a previous Opposition. The change in the political landscape following the 2025 Elections, which led to APNU+AFC being replaced by the We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) party as the country’s main opposition, has sparked calls for the current Election Commissioners who were nominated by a previous Opposition to step down and make way for three new Commissioners. [ . . . ] Contextualizing the issue, Mr. Ramkarran explained that in the past, the Constitution established a clear term limit for the Elections Commission. . “In the past before Jimmy Carter, the Elections Commission consisted of representatives of the government and the opposition, and the Constitution provided that at some point after every election, the Commissioners are required to resign – the appointment ends,” he said. It was explained further that once the elections were over, the Commissioners were required to vacate their posts. However, changes to the Constitution in 2001 saw the removal of the clause that provided for the Commissioners to vacate their posts.
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