Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield today failed to submit the report of the valid votes cast in the March 2 General and Regional Elections (GRE) in direct contravention of a directive from GECOM Chairperson Justice Claudette Singh.

Singh had directed Lowenfield to submit a report of valid votes cast based on the results of the recently concluded National Recount by 1 pm today.

A meeting of the Elections Commission was also scheduled for that time to receive and deliberate on that report.

GECOM PRO Yolanda Ward in a press statement claimed that the report was not submitted because a “Notice of Motion” was filed in the Court of Appeal and served on the Chairperson and CEO before the 1 pm deadline.

“The Notice restrains the CEO from ‘complying with the directions of Chairperson’ and as a consequence a report was not submitted,” Ward stated.