The Private Sector Commission (PSC) says it is heartened by President David Granger’s stated recognition of the recount being necessary to ensure a credible result to the March 2 elections but wishes that he would have assured of his party’s acceptance of the result from that process.
In a release yesterday, the PSC expressed its pleasure that Granger, the Electoral Candidate of APNU+AFC is seeking to restore public confidence in the recount of the general and regional elections being conducted by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) by his recognition that “the recount is necessary to determine the credible final result of the March 2nd Elections.” The PSC has interpreted this as an indication that the president and his government will abide by the final declaration coming from the Chairman of GECOM.
However, the Commission stated that it would have been more “assured” had President Granger directly confirmed that the result of the recount when declared by GECOM would be accepted by his party as the “final and unqualified” result of the General and Regional Elections.
The PSC felt it was speaking for all Guyanese when it contended that “it would have been even more assured had Mr. Granger rejected any possibility of him, his government and his party accepting the declaration of the Chief Election Officer which includes the fraudulent results for Region 4, currently held in abeyance by the Gazetted Order for National Recount as acceptable or valid.”
The Commission also referred to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) team and commended the president for expressing confidence in the scrutineers to ensure that the recount process is transparent and credible.
