The Carter Center yesterday hailed Monday’s voting process and urged leaders to act responsibly as official results are awaited even as they noted that key political leaders played on fears during the electoral process.
When questioned at a news briefing at the Pegasus Hotel yesterday about the parties declaring victory despite no official word from the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), co-leader of the Carter Center election observation delegation Dame Audrey Glover expressed hope that there are no disturbances when the final results are officially declared by GECOM. She also said that there were no concerns about the sloth in releasing results by GECOM pointing out that Guyana’s laws cater for up to 15 days to declare results and yesterday was the first day since the polls closed.
Speaking on Monday’s process, the other co-leader of the Carter Center election observation delegation Dame Billie Miller of Barbados, said that all across the country, thousands of dedicated poll workers, party agents, and officials of GECOM served with