-defence in flurry of objections
As chaos broke out on March 5th 2020 in the Guyana Elections Commission’s (GECOM’s) command centre at Ashmins building, then Minister of Health Volda Lawrence remained quiet while past District Four Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo attempted to read out what he said were final figures even though the tabulation process was not complete.
This is according to Minister of Local Government Sonia Parag, who was then a PPP/C accredited officer, as she took to the witness stand for the second day of the trial of the March 2020 electoral case before Magistrate Leron Daly.
The witness also testified about Mingo having to be taken out of the building by emergency responders after he complained about feeling unwell but this was after he left the tabulation centre on multiple occasions.