The requests for recount were submitted by representatives of several of the political parties, which contested the elections, to an official of the Returning Officer’s Office, District 4.
This was reported by People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C)-appointed Commissioner at the Guyana Elections Commission, Sase Gunraj.
“I am cautiously optimistic about this development and I, along with this nation, await the response from Returning Officer [Clairmont] Mingo. I feel assured by the public undertaking by the Chairman of GECOM, Justice Claudette Singh, in relation to requests as above,” Gunraj said.
Guyana Standard understands that Charles Ramson Jr. from the PPP/C and Nigel Hinds from the Change Guyana party have formally submitted those requests.
The parties had up to midday today to do so.
Chapter 84 (2) of the Representation of the People act, states, inter alia, that if no request for recount is made by the counting officer to the RO before midday, the declaration of the votes shall be final.
The results declared last night by Mingo, puts the incumbent in a comfortable lead. The process, however, since the close of polls on March 2, has been marred with controversy after the next.
Already, one International Observer Group has pulled out; with many others calling for a transparent process.
