Alliance for Change (AFC) Executive and MP Beverley Alert has called on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to overhaul its systems before the upcoming General and Regional Elections in 2025. Speaking at an AFC press conference yesterday, Alert expressed deep concern over the adequacy of current safeguards against electoral fraud.
“There is growing apprehension that without improved systems, the next elections could once again lead to public unrest,” Alert warned. “The assurances from GECOM about safeguards against multiple voting, voter impersonation, and other irregularities seem insufficient, especially considering the issues observed in 2020.”
Alert said there were several issues from the last election that remain unaddressed, including evidence that votes were cast in the names of deceased people, immigration records showing votes cast by individuals not present in the country on polling day and recount results indicating that required documents were missing from ballot boxes.