Returning Officer (RO) Vincent Alexander has addressed the public’s anxiety over the delayed announcement of the Central Executive Committee (CEC) election results for the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR). The results are now scheduled to be released tomorrow (July 5).
Alexander said that the apparent anxiety has overshadowed the fact that the results for the executive officers, namely the leader, chairperson, vice-chairpersons and treasurer were promptly released on the said evening of the day of the elections. These results were issued in accordance with the party’s “Internal Elections, Procedures and Instructions”, with stipulates that these positions be announced “not later than 24hrs. after the Count.”
In directly addressing the delay in concluding the count to determine who will make up the Central Executive Committee (CEC), Alexander noted the weighty job at hand.
“The count for the central executive committee members required the examination of approximately 1,300 ballots, each bearing 59 candidates, in order to determine which 15 of those 59 candidates obtained the highest number of votes across those ballots,” he explained.
The RO also noted that the duration of this exercise, “while being quite time consuming” has also been influenced by the CARICOM Day holiday on July 1 and the “availability of the unaffiliated ballot attendants”.
That notwithstanding, the RO announced that the count will be completed today, July 4, and announced tomorrow.
