THE European Union (EU) has called on all actors in the 2015 Regional and General Elections to respect legal procedures and address any possible grievance through the channels established by law.The pronouncement by the EU comes in wake of calls by the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) for a recount of votes cast, pointing out that it has unearthed massive fraud in the counting of the votes.

“While GECOM has announced the preliminary results indicating that APNU/AFC is in the lead, I have been privy to the fake Statement of Polls (SOPs) and other irregularities that warrant a full recount. Initially, before seeing the evidence, I too, like others thought it was all over and was willing to offer my congratulations.
“While working Election Day, at over 20 polling stations, at no time did I see an overseas observer at the time of counting or even during the day. I worked at mostly APNU areas. Most of GECOM staff except for a few, were laughing at the fact that Mr. (Kwame) McCoy was beaten up showing the absolute support for APNU,” People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) List of Candidate member, Dr. Peter Ramsaroop said.
He said fair and free is more than crossing the ‘T’ and dotting the ‘I’ that the process was smooth at voting areas.

“It is about ensuring that over 200,000 people now feel disenfranchised from the system and the fact that their voices must be heard,” Ramsaroop said.

Meanwhile, the EU notes that the Guyanese May 11 General and Regional Elections were largely peaceful, transparent and inclusive with a high turnout and good performance of electoral authorities.

“The EU commends the GECOM for an efficient and well-organised election process…The EU also looks forward to strengthening our bilateral and regional cooperation and continuing close collaboration with Guyana’s Pro Tempore Chairmanship of CARIFORUM, in particular in the run- up to the EU-CELAC Summit and the EU-CARIFORUM Top Level meeting of 11 of June 2015,” the EU statement concluded.