After a legal battle and other hurdles, the Guyana Public Service Union’s (GPSU) elections finally came off yesterday but not without complaints of discrepancies. Counting of the ballots was underway last night.
The supporters of the team contesting against the Union’s longstanding President Patrick Yarde, related what they believed to be inconsistencies in the voting process across the country.
Among those allegations are claims that persons were not allowed to vote in Region 5, Mahaica-Berbice, as no ballot boxes were delivered there; that some locations, such as the Ministry of Finance, had ballots being placed in envelopes rather than ballot boxes; and that there were inconsistences in the names of the nominees presented on the ballot paper that were contesting for President.