As he urged calm and patience, President David Granger on Friday once again lamented that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) intervention for a total recount of votes cast at Guyana’s March 2 general and regional elections was “stymied” by a court action.
“I urge all citizens to be calm and patient as we await the ruling of the Supreme Court and the final declaration of results by the Elections Commission,” Granger said in a statement issued by the Ministry of the Presidency.
It did not acknowledge the fact that the court action was initiated by a candidate for the Granger-led APNU+AFC coalition, Ulita Grace Moore, who secured injunctions restraining GECOM, its Chairperson and the Chief Election Officer from authorising the recount to which the president and the opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo had agreed in light of the controversy over the purported results for Region Four.