The Commonwealth Observer Group in its preliminary findings has congratulated the Guyana Elections Commission on its managing of the electoral process however it noted that the present legal framework was not conducive to a faster result declaration and it also raised concerns about inequitable access to the state media.
Head of the Mission Kate Wilkinson yesterday stated that “I think it would be preferable to have a smaller interval between the closing of polls and the declaration of the official results but I understand the larger framework was not entirely conducive to that and at the end of the day Gecom is operating within the law…and they have certain constraints within the legal framework”. She was speaking during a press briefing at Cara Lodge.
She noted that she was not disclosing the final recommendations of the report, however, the
