Legislative attention may help resolve the question over the composition of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), which has not met since September 2025, if considered necessary, the body said on Tuesday.

In a statement, GECOM said legislative attention "may provide a means of bringing clarity and resolution to the matter" if the relevant constitutional authorities consider it necessary.

The statement responded to a letter by Commissioner Vincent Alexander captioned "'Comatose' GECOM needs urgent judicial or legislative intervention". GECOM said the letter made assertions about the Commission's functioning, the Chairman's engagement with heads of diplomatic missions and the Commission's composition.

GECOM said the Chairman expected Opposition representation to be addressed urgently after the 2025 General and Regional Elections and the emergence of a new Leader of the Opposition. Parliament has since convened, but "the matter remains active among the Opposition Parliamentary Parties and has not yet been resolved", it said.

The Chairman is guided by Article 161(3)(b) of the Constitution, GECOM said. It regretted that her adherence to that position was characterised as a "unilateral or arbitrary freezing of the Commission's operations" and said she acknowledged, as did Alexander, that urgent attention was required.

GECOM took issue with the description of the Commission as "comatose", saying the Secretariat remained operational and continued to provide registration services and maintain registration records.

The absence of meetings "has undoubtedly constrained" matters requiring collective approval, but it was "wholly inaccurate to suggest that GECOM, as an institution, has ceased functioning", it said.

The letter listed matters that Alexander said had not received the necessary attention, including evaluation of the 2025 elections, further electoral modernisation, implementation of observer recommendations, preparations for Local Government Elections, finalisation of administrative manuals and filling of critical vacancies.

GECOM said it recognised their importance but distinguished between Secretariat duties and matters needing Commission approval. It added that not every pending matter was necessarily due to administrative inaction.

On the diplomatic meeting, GECOM said it was inaccurate to say the Chairman and the Chief Election Officer convened it. The five heads of mission requested it, it said.

The Chairman does not need prior clearance from individual Commissioners to engage stakeholders, GECOM said, adding that she held similar engagements with heads of mission before the 2025 elections. The Chief Election Officer was invited to give technical and administrative briefings on operational matters, while the Chairman exercised restraint on policy matters, it said.

GECOM said it remained hopeful the composition matter would be resolved so the Commission's "collective deliberative and decision-making functions can resume without further delay".