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Isolated reports of opposition campaigning in city’s polling stations

Nov 28, 2011 News

 

–PPP/C writes GECOM, int’l observers

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), during a mid-afternoon polling update yesterday, said that the party was generally satisfied with voting but they have written international observers and the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) about polling agents and others wearing parties’ paraphernalia.
Stressing that these cases were isolated, the party’s spokesman and Executive Member, Robert Persaud, said that they were “disappointed” over reports that polling agents and party candidates were wearing party colours and other items, even though these are unlawful during voting.
In some cases, officials were allowed within the precincts of the polling place with reports that loudspeakers were used to encourage persons to vote for a particular party.
Voters converged at polling places early yesterday with almost 50 per cent of the eligible voters in several parts of the West Bank Demerara completing their business before 09:00 hrs.
Persaud acknowledged that the early turnout was serious indication of voters’ attitude to the elections.
As of 13:00 hrs, the party was reporting yesterday of peaceful polls throughout the country with no significant marring the process.
In some isolated cases, PPP/C polling agents were not issued folios, the list of voters at a particular voting locale that comes complete with photographs and other details.
GECOM is looking at the incidents, Persaud said.
Reports that RUSAL and bauxite transporters, Oldendorff, were not releasing their staff to vote have not reached the PPP/C, it was disclosed.
According to Persaud, it would be illegal not only from the standpoint that yesterday was declared a public holiday but the fact that everyone has a right to exercise that right.
The party has mechanisms in place, like polling agents who can verify whether such incidents have occurred.
Meanwhile, West Bank Demerara was reporting a peaceful flow yesterday with just a few cases of hiccups.
In most cases, there were instances of teenagers issued with voters’ cards who turned up only to be told that they were not listed- in the majority of cases, they were underaged.

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