But Musa did not have much praise for how the UDP government has run the public information campaign and the backlog of voters bring processed at the Vital Stats Unit:…
Rt. Hon. Said Musa - PUP, Fort George, Former PM
"In view of the unsatisfactory state of the records at the Vital Statistics office, where it is said that over 2500 persons have been disqualified because they are unable to produce their birth certificates, which cannot be found, lost or destroyed. Something Mr. Prime Minister should urgently be done to allow as many as these people as possible and who are still interested in becoming registered to be allowed to register and instead of being disenfranchised before this referendum. And I would hope this government would act on it."
Musa made it clear that there was the expectation that the Prime Minister will make some effort to address the vital stats issue in his windup of the debate - which - as we noted - is happening now. More on that later and on the vote.
Best reports tell us that - barring another PUP legal challenge - the Government hopes to hold the referendum before the middle of May.
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