Hughes will not disclose if he has seen winning 2020 SOPs

Leader of the Alliance for Change (AFC), Nigel Hughes on Friday distanced himself from questions about the Statements of Poll (SOPs) that would purportedly show that the APNU+ AFC coalition won the 2020 General and Regional Elections.

“At the last election, I was not in the business of examining SOPs,” Hughes said in response to questions posed to him at a party press conference.

As lawyer defending some of the accused persons, Hughes may have already seen the SOPs. He, however, implied if that was the case, he would not be obligated to disclosed information as part of attorney/ client privileges.

For the past four  years, the APNU+AFC has not produced their SoPs which they insist show that they won the 2020 elections.

The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) had released their SoPs days after the March 02, 2020 elections which showed a victory for Irfaan Ali and the PPP/C.

A recount of the votes several weeks later also confirmed that the PPP/C had won the elections.

Years later, members of the parties are challenging the recount which was accepted by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) and all international observer missions in Guyana at the time. The APNU+ AFC coalition has been accused of attempting to derail the elections by members of the international community, including the ABC EU countries.

Hughes, however, did not want to speak further on the matter as he is representing several of the persons accused of electoral fraud.