Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairperson Claudette Singh has dismissed allegations that she is part of a plot to ensure that a particular party is declared the winner of the March 2 polls as an attempt to create “mischief.”
Singh issued the denial on Friday as she disavowed what purports to be a recording between her and GECOM’s Information Technology Manager Aneal Giddings that was circulated on social media.
In a brief statement, Singh said the purported recorded conversation between her and Giddings along with several allegations of a plan to manipulate systems to ensure a certain party is declared the winner of the polls had been brought to her attention. “In this regard, I wish to emphatically state that I do not have knowledge of any such conversation nor am I involved in any plot to ensure any particular party is declared the winner of the 2020 elections. There has been a transparent process to count the votes and the legal process has taken its course. There is absolutely no need for manipulation,” she said. “The circulation of such recording and peddling of those allegations are designed to create mischief in an already tensed and charged political environment. Those responsible for such unlawful actions are urged to desist from doing so immediately to ensure an environment of trust, peace and stability,” she added.
