Opposition parties request for recount rejected

Mar 08, 2020 News

A request to have a total recount done for the Region Four general and regional elections results has been rejected by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

Liberty & Justice Party (LJP)’s leader and presidential candidate, Lenox Shuman

This comes after days of commotion over the procedure used to tabulate those results, and a declaration by returning officer, Clairmont Mingo, which was later rendered not credible by several international observers.
Speaking with Kaieteur News yesterday, leader and presidential candidate of the Liberty & Justice Party (LJP), Lenox Shuman, said that the rejection was because of a technicality. It was supposed to have been served by a chief counting agent. But it was served by Shuman, who is not one.
Six political parties had, following the declaration by Mingo, held a joint press conference where they denounced it as not credible. They have called for a verification of the results.
Unfortunately for them, the statutory period for a recount to be requested has passed..