Presidential Candidate and Leader of the APNU, Aubrey Norton, has written to the Chairman of GECOM, retired Justice Claudette Singh seeking a forensic audit of the elections, while demanding that the entire 2025 elections be aborted.

In the letter, which was shared with the media, Mr. Norton said that his party is currently in receipt of various pieces of evidence that demonstrates “the gross dereliction of duties and negligence of Presiding Officers appointed by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM)”.

He contends that the will of the Guyanese people has now been thrown into question.

The APNU Presidential Candidate pointed to Presiding Officers failing to sign the Statements of Poll at Polling Stations, failure of Election Officers to adhere to the Representation of the People Act, failure to provide Polling Agents with accurate Statements of Poll after certification of the ballots and failure of Presiding Officers to to complete the SOPs in a number of ballot boxes.

Norton said the irregularities were previously brought to GECOM’s attention by the APNU’s Assistant Agent for District 4, Sub-district 4, in the presence of local and international observers during the tabulation of results on the 2nd September. He said the “irregularities” formed part of the basis for the party’s request for a recount of votes in Sub-district 4 of District 4 and part of District 5.

He said the recounts have so far revealed several other issues, including a biased determination of rejected ballots and GECOM’s failure to announce the official stamp or six digit number on each ballot paper during the recount.

The APNU Presidential Candidate also claimed that serious questions have arisen regarding the integrity of the votes cast as there have been allegations of tampering with ballot boxes.

“More particularly, our demand that the electoral process be wholly aborted is advanced in light of the Report of the European Union Observer Mission, now in public circulation. The EU Report validates our assertion that the national elections were neither free nor fair. The report noted the PPP/C had an undue advantage of incumbency. Further, the media landscape was highly politicised with disproportionate coverage in favour of the PPP/C.”, Norton pointed out.

The recount for District 4’s Sub-district 4 was completed this afternoon with no major changes to the previously announced results.

The PPPC, based on the declared results from the districts, has been re-elected to office, winning the most votes in eight of the ten districts, with the WIN party capturing the highest number of votes in the other two.

The APNU lost a massive chunk of votes across the country and especially in its strongholds.

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