Five days after hundreds of thousands voted in general elections, the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) is expected to this afternoon to sanctify the official results, allowing for the swearing in of David Granger as the new President.
While all of its 10 Returning Officers (ROs) had finally signed off on Statements of Polls (SoPs) yesterday, Gecom chose to go stick within the letter of the law, which says contesting parties can raise objections up to noon of the day after the final declarations are made. That being said, the commission did not make it clear whether it would make the official declaration after noon today but said it would advise on the next stage.
It is possible that if the PPP/C does lodge a formal objection to the results and asks for a recount that Gecom could disallow the request and proceed with the official declaration. With the PPP/C continuing to insist that the elections have been rigged there is also speculation that
