Advancing their importance to the successful prosecution of their case against those charged with various offences stemming from alleged criminal conduct over last year’s elections results, the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Commission-er of Police are seeking to have the Statements of Poll (SoPs) and Statements of Recount (SoRs) made available for the trials.
Pursuant to a court order issued by the Chief Justice in January, the statutory documents of the March 2nd, 2020 General Elections are currently lodged for safe-keeping with the Registrar of the Supreme Court.
Respondents in two election petitions filed by the main opposition APNU+AFC, had asked acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire SC to order the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to lodge the documents with the High Court.