THE People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has moved to the High Court, asking that it be heard in the event that there is a legal challenge to the results of the National Recount of the Ballots cast at the Central and Regional Elections.
“Please be informed that, should any legal proceedings be filed in the Supreme Court of Judicature in relation lO, or in connection with, or in any manner whatsoever, touching and concerning the National Recount of ballots cast at the General and Regional Elections held in Guyana on March 2, 2020, being conducted by the Guyana Elections Commission, at the Arthur Chung Convention Center, I hereby respectfully request an opportunity to be heard before any Order of Court is made or any relief is granted by any Court,” PPP/C’s Attorney-at-Law Anil Nandlall said in a letter to the Registrar of the Supreme Court.
The letter, seen by the Guyana Chronicle, was dated June 8, 2020.
In the letter, Nandlall indicated that he was acting on behalf of the PPP/C – an interested party that would be aggrieved or affected by any order or relief. The PPP/C wrote U1e letter in anticipation that the A Partnership for National Unity+ Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) may challenge any decision by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to use the current tabulated votes from Ule National Recount to declare the results of the General and Regional Elections held last March.
Based on the Statements: of Recount (SORs), which. were generated and tabulated at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC), PPP/C secured 233,336 vote5, while APNU+AFC raked in 217,920 votes. But while the recount shows the PPP/C in the lead by 15,416 votes; the recoW1t unearthed irregularities and alleged cases of electoral fraud, which, according to the APNU+AFC reportedly have compromised 90,000 votes.
The anomalies cited by the APNU+AFC were recorded in Observation Reports during the recount of votes at the level of the workstations at the Conference Centre, and will form a major par-t of the rt ports that would be com piled by the Chitf Elections Officer, for submission to the Elections Commission. The Elections Commission, beaded by ,Justice (Rtt’d) Claudette Singh, will then deliberate on the CEO’s report, and determine the way forward.
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