APNU sticks by poll verification call

An APNU supporter at the Square of the Revolution yesterday.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) candidate David Granger yesterday continued to call on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to verify all of the signed statements of poll from the general elections, saying it is a pre-condition for the acceptance of the results.

Hundreds of APNU supporters converged on the Square of the Revolution yesterday morning to show their support for Granger, who told them that the battle is not over before leading them on a march that ended at the barricades outside the GECOM headquarters, where they “occupied” Main Street at the junction of Urquhart and Lamaha streets. In New Amsterdam, APNU supporters also staged a peaceful picket outside the GECOM office there.

According to the results declared by Chief Election Officer Gocool Boodoo on Thursday, the incumbent PPP/C received a majority of votes to win the presidency, while APNU and AFC secured enough to