PRESS STATEMENT

Today the People’s Progressive Party, through its Commissioners at GECOM, put the
Chairperson to a test in order to bring clarity, precision and a fair estimation of the
duration of the recount exercise. We were forced to resort to this extreme measure after
the nation endured over a month of delaying tactics, resort to the Courts to block the
exercise, procrastination in making simple decisions, hours and hours of futile meetings,
fumigation of the Author Chung Convention Centre, quarantining of all observers of the
recount upon arrival in Guyana, etc. etc. – all being executed by the rigging cabal within
the APNU/AFC, their Commissioners at GECOM and the minions in the Secretariat.

Today the PPP presented 10 simple motions to the Commission for its vote, presenting
the Chairperson with a fair, adequate and unambiguous opportunity to demonstrate to
the nation where she stands on the crucial issues raised in the motions. We set out
below a synopsis of each motion and the position taken by the Chairman in relation to
each:

Motion Synopsis Chairperson vote

Number

1 a) The originals of all Statements of NO

Poll for District 4 received by the Chief
Election Officer be provided by the said (Although SOPs were
Chief Election Officer to made public in relation to
Commissioners for examination; the 2011 and 2105
b) Copies of the all of the Statements of
Poll for District 4 received by the Chief elections upon the request
Election Officer be provided to of then Opposition Leader,
Commissioners of the Guyana David Granger)
 Elections Commission by the said Chief
Election Officer.

2 That the entire recount exercise be NO

observed by the Audit Office of Guyana
or a duly accredited Audit Firm
contracted by the Guyana Elections
Commission, specifically for this
process.

3 That the entire recount exercise be live NO

streamed on traditional and/or social
media
4 That the time for the conduct of the NO- 25 DAYS TO BE
entire recount exercise be limited to
fourteen (14) days. REVIEWED WHEN

NECESSARY

(with this length of time,

5 That all members of staff of the Guyana
Elections Commission who were
involved in the activities which resulted
in controversy, allegations of fraud and
legal proceedings in the High Court
after Elections Day 2020, be removed
from active participation in the recount
process.
along with the process
being left open ended are
significant factors to
discourage the CARICOM
Team and international
observers to return to
observe the process)
NO ROLE FOR THE ROs
– ALL OTHER MEMBERS
OF STAFF REMAIN
(This means that persons
who were tainted in the
previous exercise shall
remain)
6 That the recount be conducted in strict THE DECISION IS IN THE
accordance with Sections 84(6) to (11),
87, 89(1) and 90 of the Representation PLAN
of the People Act, Chapter 1:03 of the
Laws of Guyana. (An examination of the
plan reveals that the
process outlined is
radically different from the
procedure set out in the
Representation of the
Peoples Act and is
therefore not in
accordance with the law)
7 The tabulation of the Statements of
Recount generated after the recount of
each ballot box will be done at a central
tabulation centre in the presence of the
High-Level CARICOM Team, other
International and Local Observer teams
accredited by Guyana Elections
Commission, representatives of
political parties that contested the said
elections, advisors to the Guyana
Elections Commission, and such other
persons authorized by the Guyana
Elections Commission as follows:
a. The Statement of
Recount shall be YES
projected on a screen to
be viewed by all persons
present;
YES
b. The information from
Statement of Recount
shall be input into a
spreadsheet which
process shall be viewed
simultaneously by all
persons present;
 c. In the event of a pause in NO
the inputting process, a
report on Statements of
Recount input at that time
will be made provided to
representatives of
contesting political parties
by the staff responsible
for the tabulation;
d. Upon completion of an
entire district, the
YES
representatives of
contesting political parties
shall be given an
opportunity to verify the
accuracy of the entire
tabulation and thereafter,
sign off on same if he/she
wishes to do so.

8 That the recount commences with NO

Districts 1 & 4 simultaneously and
continues with the remaining districts (this means that the
only after the completion of the said
Region which is the
Districts 1 & 4.
singular cause for the
recount, will not be
completed, perhaps, until
the end of the exercise)
9 That the Guyana Elections Commission
immediately invites to observe the
recount process each of the YES
International and Local Observer team
accredited to observe the 2nd March
2020 elections.

10 that the declaration of the election ALL REPORTS REMAIN

results of Electoral District number four
(4) by Returning Officer, Clairmont IN ABEYANCE PENDING
Mingo, made on the 13th day of March
 2020, and the consequential Report ENDING OF RECOUNT
prepared and submitted to the
Commission by the Chief Elections PROCESS
Officer, Keith Lowenfield, pursuant to
the provisions of Section 96 of the (This presents an incentive
Representation of the People Act, Cap
for the rigging cabal to
1:03, be set aside, revoked, annulled
and rescinded by the Guyana Elections undermine, frustrate, if not
Commission.
derail the recount,
completely)

The way the Chairperson has voted on the issues above must be a cause for concern
for the future of democracy in Guyana. It provides answers to many questions which
have occupied every Guyanese, the diplomatic and the international community over
the past 2 months. It explains her failure to intervene, while the fraud was being
perpetrated by Mingo and the rigging cabal, both at Ashmin’s Building and later at
GECOM Headquarters, Kingston, Georgetown. It also betrays the commitment she
made to ensure the process is done fairly, transparently, expeditiously and in
accordance with the law.

In the end, her position resembles closely Vincent Alexander’s proposals which he has
been prosecuting before the Commission over the last month.

Having regard to the fact that the Chairperson has voted against the above mentioned crucial
safeguards, there is now grave doubt whether this recount process will be credible and
transparent.

People's Progressive Party

April 24th, 2020