Copies of election SOPs, SORs handed over to city court

A truck loaded with the certified copies of State-ments of Polls (SOPs) and Statements of Recount (SORs) from the March 2020 general and regional elections parked outside the Georgetown Magis-trate’s Court compound. The boxes were guarded by police officers.

Prosecutor Darshan Ramdhani yesterday handed over several boxes containing certified copies of Statements of Poll (SOPs) and Statements of Recount (SORs) from the March 2nd 2020 general and regional elections to the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Copies of the SOPs and SORs were also due to be handed over to seven persons accused of conspiring to change the results of the 2020 elections. Ramdhani said the evidence consists of four boxes for each of the seven defendants and for the Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan. He explained that the boxes contain an index of all of the Statements of Poll, as well as 10 discs for each of the defendants. Additionally, the court heard that the documents were scanned and would be emailed to the defendants.