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In a review of the year that was, Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC today severely criticised GECOM over its part in the five-month crisis before the declaration of a final result. The article Nandlall roasts GECOM over electoral fiasco…in review of 2020 appeared first on Stabroek News.
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