corrected to include the omitted "NOT". The first line of the penultimate paragraph should read: "The poll bags have been checked but the documents were not found."

The PRO apologises for the error.

The original post starts here:

"As at 5th June, 2020, it was noted that a total of twenty-nine (29) boxes from the East Coast of Demerara, Region 4 had missing official documents (Marked Official List of Electors, Poll Books, Counterfoils etc.).

This matter was brought to the attention of the Commission since there were some objections to the Statements of Recount generated for those ballot boxes being included in the tabulation exercise.

....The Commission decided that the SORs prepared for those ballot boxes should not be included in the tabulation at this point in time.

The CEO was advised to investigate the reasons why the documents were not included in the ballot boxes and to ascertain where the documents could be found. It must be stated categorically that none of these missing documents are in the possession of the CEO.

However, at the conclusion of the meeting, it was discovered that twenty-eight (28) of the twenty-nine (29) SORs were already tabulated. The tabulation supervisor was advised to highlight those figures during the livestream on the ongoing tabulation for Region 4 pending a decision of the Commission.

The poll bags have been checked but the documents were found. The CEO has also contacted some of the Deputy Returning Officers (DROs) responsible for those areas for a meeting and while they have committed to meet with the CEO today, 6th June, 2020; as at 16:00hrs, no DRO showed up to be interviewed. Efforts would be made to contact the Presiding Officers who were responsible for the respective polling stations.

The Commission will convene a meeting to determine the way forward.

Where are the documents ? why the DRO never showed up ? arrest them for Electoral Fraud.

THE GUYANA OF TODAY UNDER THE PNC MUST NEVER BE THE GUYANA OF TOMORROW UNDER THE PPPC.

Good Message President-elect Dr Irfaan Ali

@Former Member posted:

PRESS STATEMENT FROM THE PPPC

It is public knowledge that during the course of yesterday, at the National Recount Exercise, certain ballot boxes were recounted from a particular part of the East Coast of Demerara. These boxes contained only ballots cast which when recounted, matched the Statements of Polls. Other documents that were supposed to be included in the Ballot Boxes were excluded. A Presiding Officer who worked in one of these very Polling Stations published on social media that the Presiding Officers, including herself, were specifically instructed by the Deputy Returning Officer to place the Ballots cast into the Ballot Boxes and to exclude all other materials in separate packages for transmission to the Returning Officer.

We also noted that a letter addressed to the Chairperson of GECOM was written by Mr. Paul Jaisingh, a Deputy Returning Officer, who worked in that specific geographic area. This letter was also published on social media. In this letter, Mr. Jaisingh confirmed receiving the very same instructions pertaining to the used, unused and rejected ballots outlined above, from Miss. Carlyn Duncan, Clerk, to the Returning Officer, Mr. Clairmont Mingo. Mr. Jaisingh further pointed out that as a result, the other documents were placed in a bag provided and delivered to Mr. Mingo.

Rather than deal with the issue internally, with what is clearly an in-house matter, the GECOM Secretariat chose to make a public statement that it received yet, another letter from a group of Deputy Returning Officers, apparently from the East Coast of Demerara but it is unclear who these DROs are and whether they are from the same geographical area under review, where the DROs’ dispute the controversial instructions. This public statement seems to be in concert with the narrative and false allegations peddled by the APNU+AFC, aimed at disenfranchising electors in PPP/C strongholds. 

The matter is made even more complicated by another statement issued by the PRO Yolanda Warde later today, informing the public that the investigation of the matter is not yet completed since “the CEO has also contacted some of the Deputy Returning Officers (DROs) responsible for those areas for a meeting and while they have committed to meet with the CEO today, 6th June 2020: as at 16:00 hours, no DRO showed up to be interviewed.” It is clear that the Secretariat intend to create unnecessary public confusion and excite tension in the public domain by including these issues in a press statement.

We wish to make it abundantly clear that whatever is the outcome of GECOM’s investigations of their internal issues, not a single Guyanese elector must lose their franchise in the process. 

It is hoped that the Commission will address this matter satisfactorily in accordance with the purpose of the exercise, which is a recount of the ballots cast on 2nd March 2020, and consistent with the comment of the Chairperson at the commencement of this exercise: “Every vote will be counted”.

People’s Progressive Party

June 6th, 2020.

 

 

 

The PPP has been caught cheating.  They have been doing this for decades.  They are a bunch of crooks . 

No need for the COLORING to disrupt the conversation.

Dave ,me thinks you are looking for trouble ,with the spamming.

@Django posted:

Where are the documents ? why the DRO never showed up ? arrest them for Electoral Fraud.

Who Bingo Mingo?

@kp posted:

Who Bingo Mingo?

Also in the line.

@Django posted:

Where are the documents ? why the DRO never showed up ? arrest them for Electoral Fraud.

Arrest Mingo first bai.

@Abu Jihad posted:

Arrest Mingo first bai.

Why don't you go and arrest him?

@Former Member posted:

This document was was doctored.  The correct statement could be found online.

@Former Member posted:

corrected to include the omitted "NOT". The first line of the penultimate paragraph should read: "The poll bags have been checked but the documents were not found."

The PRO apologises for the error.

The original post starts here:

"As at 5th June, 2020, it was noted that a total of twenty-nine (29) boxes from the East Coast of Demerara, Region 4 had missing official documents (Marked Official List of Electors, Poll Books, Counterfoils etc.).

This matter was brought to the attention of the Commission since there were some objections to the Statements of Recount generated for those ballot boxes being included in the tabulation exercise.

....The Commission decided that the SORs prepared for those ballot boxes should not be included in the tabulation at this point in time.

The CEO was advised to investigate the reasons why the documents were not included in the ballot boxes and to ascertain where the documents could be found. It must be stated categorically that none of these missing documents are in the possession of the CEO.

However, at the conclusion of the meeting, it was discovered that twenty-eight (28) of the twenty-nine (29) SORs were already tabulated. The tabulation supervisor was advised to highlight those figures during the livestream on the ongoing tabulation for Region 4 pending a decision of the Commission.

The poll bags have been checked but the documents were found. The CEO has also contacted some of the Deputy Returning Officers (DROs) responsible for those areas for a meeting and while they have committed to meet with the CEO today, 6th June, 2020; as at 16:00hrs, no DRO showed up to be interviewed. Efforts would be made to contact the Presiding Officers who were responsible for the respective polling stations.

The Commission will convene a meeting to determine the way forward.

How come when you made this honest mistake Djangaweed did not reprimand you are correct the header?

Oh, I forget, we dealing with PNC Djangaweed!

@Totaram posted:

This document was was doctored.  The correct statement could be found online.

No, Mingo’s spreadsheet was doctored.

Totaram, you are naive.    Show me where the PPP cheated, when the PNC had control of the election machinery.   Mingo's spreadsheet was prepared well in advance before the election.

President Granger had a conversation with GECOM's Chair and staff before the count started. That is called obstruction.