Upset with the results of Monday’s presidential election and amid claims of rigging, hundreds of APNU supporters thronged Public Buildings last evening even as leaders of the three main political parties met inside and committed to remain in contact to discuss issues of concern.

Heavily armed police and bodyguards patrolled inside the compound while other lawmen hastily threw up cordons as hundreds of chanting, shouting APNU supporters gathered outside and at one point, waving branches, flags and banners, marched through the Stabroek block, pushing down police barriers. Many, citing economic deprivation, blamed the PPP for this and expressed the view that this will continue under president-elect Donald Ramotar. “No place fuh Donald,” they said, in what has become a rallying cry for the APNU campaign. At one point the frenzied crowd attempted to open one of the gates of the compound but they were unsuccessful.

Inside the Public Buildings, the…..