The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has decided to meet at 10:00h on Sunday to discuss the elections declaration following the unanimous decision handed down by the Court of Appeal.
The Appeal Court on Thursday unanimously dismissed the challenge filed by A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) supporter Misenga Jones, who was seeking to overturn a ruling of the Chief Justice (ag), Roxane George, who had determined, among other things, that the recount results must be used as the basis of the declaration of the winner of the March 2 polls.
Following the ruling, which has paved the way for the Elections Commission to continue with its work, People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo urged GECOM to urgently meet and make a declaration of the elections held more than four months ago.
GECOM has been unable to make a declaration, because Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield has refused to submit his final elections report using the recount results as instructed by GECOM Chair, Retired Justice Claudette Singh.
But the Court has upheld the judgement that the CEO was not a lone ranger and was obligated to follow the instructions of the Commission.
The Court also upheld the ruling of Justice George that GECOM could not resurrect the March 13 declarations by the 10 Returning Officers (ROs), since the national recount results have overtaken that process.
The recount results show that the PPP/Civic has won the elections with 233,336 votes.
