Last week UDP Chairman Alberto August was accused of orchestrating the hasty transferring fo a registering officer from the Cauyo north elections and boundaries office. On our New Year's Eve newscast you heard the chief elections officer Josephine Tamai say she did it for administrative reasons and had no knowledge of any conflict between August and the officer Gerrilyn Bruce.
But while she may not have known of it - was there indeed a confrontation? That's what we asked August at his open air office in Santa Elena today:..
Jules Vasquez
"Sort of misunderstanding."
Alberto August, Chairman - UDP
"The first and last contact I had with Ms. Bruce was about 6 months ago when I went to take somebody from the Cayo North East to register in San Ignacio."
Jules Vasquez
"So specifically, did you request to take or to review binders from the Cayo North East office from Ms. Bruce?"
Alberto August, Chairman - UDP
"The answer categorically is no."
Jules Vasquez
"It looks very bad for somebody to be transferred 12 days before a major election in that same division."
Alberto August, Chairman - UDP
"Well the Chief Elections Officer is the Chief Executive Officer of the department. That I was made to understand that was an administrative decision that she made. But in my view the timing was not correct. Probably it could have been held off and the information I am getting is that she was tired of the situation of this particular employee."
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