APNU+AFC campaign co-chair Joseph Harmon told Stabroek News that the coalition was pleased with the voting process despite some setbacks at polling stations in Berbice.
“I think the voting process was incident-free,” he said, while indicating that there was a large turn-out of servicemen and women.
He said the turnout was an indication of what will occur on May 11. “So Gecom better get their act together and prepare for it,” he stated.
Harmon also noted that measures have been put in place for ranks who were unable to vote yesterday. He stated that a procedure was set up by Gecom for them to vote in the communities in which they live.
In addition, Harmon stated that servicemen expressed concern that their ballot papers were not stamped. He stated that despite Gecom releasing a statement on the matter, he did not think the explanation was properly filtered to the ranks.
Stabroek News attempted to contact the PPP/C campaign for a comment but was unsuccessful. A call was made to PPP Executive Secretary Zulficar Mustapha, who directed the questions to Ganga Persaud. When Persaud was contacted, he stated that he was not authorised to speak before directing the questions to the PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee. Stabroek News was unable to make contact with Rohee.