GECOM grants request for recount of 77 ballot boxes in Region 5

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has granted another request from the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) for a recount of 77 ballot boxes from Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice).

Government-nominated GECOM Commissioner, Sase Gunraj told the media on Thursday evening that the request from APNU “satisfied all the criteria necessary for a recount.”

APNU’s first request for a recount of Subdistrict Four of District Four is ongoing; it includes 391 ballot boxes, and by 18:00 hrs on Thursday, only 101 were completed.

As such, the recount for District Five will commence when the 391 boxes are completed. The process will continue uninterrupted until all the ballots are recounted.

Meanwhile, the We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) party’s request for a recount of the entire District Four was denied by GECOM on the grounds that it was submitted to the Returning Officer by someone who is not authorised to do so.

WIN also requested a recount of District 8, and that too was denied on the same grounds. The deadline for recount requests is 12 noon the next day after the district results are declared