Jagdeo slams Opposition as “sore losers” for not accepting elections results after PPP/C landslide victory

General Secretary (GS) of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has called the Opposition political parties “sore losers” for not accepting the results of Monday’s General and Regional Elections and creating false narratives about the credibility of the polls. Based on the results declared by the Returning Officers for each of the voting districts across the country, the PPP secured a landslide victory with 242,498 votes.

Some of the Opposition parties, such as A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and We Invest in Nationhood (WIN), have refused to accept the results.
In addition to spreading misinformation, APNU and WIN have requested recounts of several sub-districts and regions. However, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) approved requests made by APNU for sub-district four of Region Four – which has been completed, and a section of Region Five, which has also been completed. WIN failed to meet the legal requirements needed for their recount requests to be approved. Nevertheless, the recount exercise did not produce any significant changes to the results of Monday’s polls. APNU has since called for the 2025 electoral process to be aborted and for fresh elections to be called.

Asked to comment on this request, Jagdeo contended “Why would anyone even pay attention to such a stupid call?”
Jagdeo said the calls for fresh elections were baseless. He emphasised that the recounts conducted so far have not produced significant changes, that all Statements of Poll (SoPs) are publicly available, and that international observers have already confirmed the elections were free and fair. “Why would anyone even pay attention to such a call? The elections are over and the country has the SoPs for everyone to see recounts have already been conducted in Region Four and are ongoing in Region Five.” He posited that the elections are over and every international observer group has already pronounced that the process was free and fair. Additionally, he pointed out that the entire country has access to all of the SoPs which are available on GECOM’s website. GECOM has completed the recount of boxes in Sub-District Four (East Coast Demerara) of Region Four, and District Five.

The recount exercise commenced on Thursday at GECOM’s Barrack Street, Kingston, Georgetown head office. So far, the recount has produced no significant changes to the results of Monday’s General and Regional Elections, which show that President Dr Irfaan Ali has been re-elected to serve a second term.