Opposition Leader and APNU Chairman, Aubrey Norton, continues to express “no confidence” in the Guyana Elections Commission.
At a press conference this morning, Mr. Norton said the recently concluded Local Government Elections have exposed some biases within the Elections Commission.
He accused the electoral body of operating in a partisan manner, pointing out that while many of the APNU’s requests for recounts were shut down, the PPP saw its recount requests being approved.
“We also wish to note that when we asked for a recount, GECOM was always finding some excuse, why we cannot get a recount in some areas but every recount that the PPP asked for they got and fortunately, the results remain the same and so they were beaten in those area,” Norton noted.
While maintaining that his party performed well at the local elections, the PNC Leader also cast doubt on the electoral process overall.
He repeated claims that the process was compromised since nomination day when a number of fake nominations were highlighted.
“Up to now GECOM has not hosted a press conference which is unusual and what is clear is that GECOM was giving Jagdeo information even before they give it to the public. GECOM is severely compromised. Even before they were the confirmation by the RO’s GECOM clearly was providing information across the board to the People’s Progressive Party,” Mr. Norton alleges.
Mr. Norton said his party will continue to push for GECOM to be reformed before the next General and Regional Elections. He said this is the only way his party will have full confidence in the electoral machinery.
“GECOM was manifestly incompetent, there were many errors in vote tallying and seat allocation, we are not sure if it is intentional rigging or the normal incompetence of GECOM,” Norton noted.
According to the APNU, a clean voters list and biometric voting are currently the top solutions to ensure credible elections in the next two years.
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