THE Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has strongly denounced the circulation of a fraudulent Statement of Poll (SoP) issued shortly after polls closed on Election Day.
In a statement issued on Monday, GECOM noted the “abhorrent publication of a fake Statement of Poll at one minute past the scheduled close of poll”.
The Commission stressed that “it is impossible for the counting of the ballots at any polling station to have even commenced”.
It described the act as “despicable”, saying it “can only be seen as creating a platform on which the political party associated with the Team Mohamed’s Facebook page can create the impression that it has been successful at the polls”.

The political party, We Invest in Nationhood (WIN), headed by United States-sanctioned businessman Azruddin Mohamed, is associated with the Team Mohamed’s Facebook page.
GECOM also appealed to the public and all stakeholders to rely solely on official sources for election results.

“We take the opportunity, once again, to appeal to all stakeholders to accept ONLY the results of the elections that are (i) posted on the GECOM website in the form of Statements of Poll, (ii) the Official declarations made by the Supernumerary Returning Officers and Returning Officers for the District and Sub-Districts respectively, and the national results to be declared by GECOM,” the statement said.

The Commission confirmed that the publication of the fake results “will be put [to] the Guyana Police Force for investigation”.