Envoys from the United States, United Kingdom and Canada today teamed up with the Private Sector Commission (PSC) to observe the electoral process in Essequibo, Berbice, Linden and Georgetown and all said they were satisfied with the process.
“The process was quite smooth. Guyana Elections Commission officials were well prepared and confident in running the polls,” Canadian High Commissioner Nicole Giles told Stabroek News, shortly after the flight returned at Ogle this afternoon.
She informed that the group left the city at around 9 am and travelled to Skeldon in Berbice, Anna Regina in the Essequibo and Linden in Region Ten where they observed the polling process.
Her position was echoed by British High Commissioner Greg Quinn who added that they received no complaints from anyone at the two polling stations they visited in each of the three counties. “The process was quite smooth Gecom officials were well prepared and confident in running the polls,” he stated.
United States Charge d’ affaires Bryan Hunt pointed out that he believes that Gecom has done well in training polling day staff as he said that the procedures in the city mirrored the same in the other counties. The diplomats and PSC head Ramesh Persaud expressed their satisfaction at the overall process and even pointed to the fact that polling day staff and equipment continue to work even in the instance of a power outage.
Each mission will tomorrow be putting out a report on their observations.
