The long-awaited recount of the votes from the March 2 General and Regional Elections in Guyana continues on the second day. Only 25 ballot boxes from a total of 2,339 were counted on day one.
2.20 PM – GECOM has ruled that tabulation would be done 17:00hrs – 18:30hrs daily.
1.15 pm – Fourteen more boxes have been counted so far today according to GECOM PRO Yolanda Ward.
1:00PM – Executive member of A New United Guyana Timothy Jonas on the recount process.
12.33PM – Update From Frank Anthony and Sasenarine Singh on allegations over tabulation centre
APNU/AFC is once again spewing calculated untruths to derail the tabulation process. This morning observers from political parties including the APNU/AFC were in the tabulation room with GECOM tabulation officials. Frank Anthony asked the GECOM supervisor of the tabulation process two questions in the presence of all those present, these questions were:
1) When would the tabulation process commence?
2) Why is it that during yesterday’s live broadcast our clarifications and questions were omitted from the broadcast?
The response from the GECOM supervisor was that he is awaiting instructions from the CEO to commence the tabulation and that they would address the technical issues raised about the live broadcast.
These questions asked and answers received in the presence of the observers LJP, TCI, CG, TNM is now been deemed by APNU/AFC as a secret meeting. It is shameful, that instead of APNU/AFC insisting that we have a timely tabulation process, that their representative is trying to cast doubt on the process. All right-thinking Guyanese must join in rejecting APNU/AFC false narrative.
We remain hopeful, that GECOM will start the tabulation process soon and that it will be properly broadcast.
Signed Frank Anthony and Sasenarine Singh.
11:53AM – Outside the convention centre this morning.
11:04AM – Anil Nandlall speaks on alleged GECOM early morning meeting.
10:13AM – APNU+AFC member Daniel Seeram and Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson addressing the media outside the ACCC. Issues have arisen in relation to the functioning of the tabulation centre.
