The opposition APNU+AFC has lost its bid to invalidate the national recount of ballots cast which was undertaken by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) following last year’s contentious General and Regional Elections.
Acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire SC dismissed the petition filed on behalf of the coalition, ruling that both Section 22 of the Election Laws Amendment Act (ELAA), and Order 60 which facilitated the recount, are well within the ambit of the Constitution, and therefore lawful.
She made it clear that GECOM was empowered to conduct the recount.