General Secretary of the Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has labelled the country’s opposition political parties as “sore losers” for not accepting the results of Monday’s General and Regional Elections.
Based on the results declared by the Returning Officers for each of the voting districts across the country, the Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) secured a landslide victory with 242,498 votes.
Some of the opposition parties such as the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) are refusing to accept the results.
In addition to spreading misinformation, both parties have requested recounts of certain areas. The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has only approved requests made by APNU for sub-district four of Region Four – which has been completed, and a section of Region Five, which has started. WIN failed to meet the requirements needed for their recount requests to be approved.
Nevertheless, the recount exercise did not produce any significant changes to the results of Monday’s polls. APNU is now calling for the 2025 electoral process to be aborted and for fresh elections to be called.
Asked to comment on this development today, Jagdeo contended “why would anyone even pay attention to such a stupid call?”
He posited that the elections are over and every international observer group has already pronounced that the process was free and fair. Additionally, he pointed out that the entire country has access to all of the Statements of Poll (SOPs) which are available on GECOM’s website.
With just 77 boxes remaining to be recounted, Jagdeo anticipates the process to be completed soon, followed by the final declaration of the results by GECOM. Thereafter, President Dr Irfaan Ali will be sworn-in.
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