The ten elected Councillors of the We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) party in Region 10 have filed legal proceedings in the High Court, seeking an order compelling the Regional Executive Officer (REO) and Clerk of Council for Region 10 to fulfill his statutory duties and reconvene the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) meeting for the election of a Chairman and Vice Chairman.

The WIN party received the highest number of votes at the 2025 Regional elections in Region 10, but it remains the only Region without a Chairman and Vice Chairman.

Following the swearing in of the new Councillors, there was a tie between two candidates for the position of Chairman in the election about Councillors. Since then, the REO has not called another meeting of the Council for the elections to be held again.

The Fixed Date Application was filed in the High Court by Attorney-at-Law, Siand Dhurjon and a release from the party said that the Court action is aimed at addressing the “prolonged failure” to complete the process of reconstituting the Regional Democratic Council following the 2025 Regional Elections.

The Councillors noted that they have pursued all reasonable, lawful and democratic avenues to resolve the issue, but still the matter remains unresolved.

“Despite these efforts, the meeting of the 10th Regional Democratic Council has not been reconvened to complete the election process, leaving Region 10 as the only Administrative Region in Guyana without an elected Regional Chairman and Regional Vice Chairman following the 2025 Regional Elections. The continued failure to complete this process has created an unprecedented governance crisis in Region 10 and has severely undermined the democratic rights of the people who exercised their constitutional right to vote and elect their representatives,” the Councillors stated.

.Among the consequences highlighted in the statement, are the inability of the Council to properly establish and operationalize its statutory committees, the absence of the Regional Administration’s elected representatives, limitations on democratic participation in Regional decision-making, and constraints on the Council’s ability to effectively represent the interests of communities across Region 10.

The councillors further pointed to what they see as an erosion of public confidence in local democratic institutions and the exclusion of elected representatives from decisions that directly affect regional development and governance.

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