A statement issued late last evening by the A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) sought to express the “immense disappointment” of the party at the Guyana Elections Commission’s (GECOM’s) “selective announcement of results” at its press conference held last evening. According to APNU+AFC, from the results announced it is obvious to the coalition that GECOM is “cherry picking Statements of Poll” to report on. This, they said, is an attempt at creating an illusion of a close race.
“This is being specifically done by excluding Statements of Poll from Region 4 where the Coalition has established a significant lead,” they further added.
Of a total of 891 Statement of Polls (SoPs) in Region 4, the coalition charged that “GECOM deliberately chose to report on only 474”, leaving 417 unreported. “We can find no acceptable reason for excluding such a large number of SoPs from Region 4 in the announced results” APNU+AFC said in their statement.
Labelling it as “irresponsible, reckless and provocative”, the coalition related that the announcement made by GECOM last evening appears to have been designed to “cause confusion and discord among Guyanese who are already in a state of anxiety and unease.”
“Further APNU+AFC is particularly appalled that GECOM reneged on a solemn commitment to announce 94% of the results this evening. This commitment was made by the GECOM commissioners to an APNU+AFC delegation led by the Presidential Candidate Brigadier David Granger. Instead, GECOM announced 78% of the results while deliberately excluding large numbers of SoPs from Region 4” APNU reiterated.
As such, the coalition made a call for all supporters and the Guyanese public to remain calm and not be provoked by these “irresponsible announcements” from GECOM. “We remain confident that the Coalition has established an unassailable lead and will form the next Government of Guyana” the statement concluded.