GEORGTOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Former secretary general of the African Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP), Dr Patrick I Gomes says it is “shameful” that four months after a regional and general election, voters in Guyana are yet to know the official results.
Gomes said that it is “shameful to our sister countries in the Caribbean Community (Caricom) and internationally, that Guyana, held in such high regard, is failing to complete in a fair and credible manner, the recount of votes cast in an election some four months ago”.
GECOM was due to announce the results after deliberating on the report, paving the way for what political observers said would be the formal announcement of the elections which the main Opposition People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) said that it won based on the national recount of votes that ended on June 9.
Meanwhile, the Court of Appeal was due to hear an injunction filed by a private citizen, Eslyn David, seeking to prevent Lowenfield from submitting a report to the GECOM chairperson, retired justice Claudette Singh.
In her affidavit, David, who said she lives in the capital Georgetown, said that “during the recount, the Guyana Elections Commission were written letters by the A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change election agent Joseph Harmon in which he pointed out numerous discrepancies and anomalies which impacted on the credibility of the elections”.
