Elections misconduct, illegalities cast doubt on winner of presidency – APNU verification

Opposition coalition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) yesterday announced that it found misconduct and illegal acts in the holding of last year’s general elections, and said there was no reliable basis to determine who won the presidency.

Its findings, based on its independent physical verification of the Statements of Poll (SOPs) coming out of the November 28, 2011 elections, included that there was abuse of private residences used as polling stations to inflate the votes counted for the PPP/C, whose candidate Donald Ramotar was declared the president based on the results. APNU and the AFC, meanwhile, control the 65-member National Assembly with a one-seat majority over the PPP/C.

At a press conference held at the new Office of the Leader of the