International observers made premature declarations on the May 11 general elections prior to the Statements of Polls (SoPs) being verified by the returning officers with polling agents, former president Bharrat Jagdeo stated yesterday.
Jagdeo, who played a very active role in the PPP’s campaign, was speaking at a press briefing at Freedom House,
where he also dismissed rumours that the party was collapsing. Instead, he said members were in fact uniting to restore democracy to Guyana and the PPP to office.
According to Gecom’s official count for the general elections, APNU+AFC received 207, 200 votes to the PPP/C’s 202,694 votes to win both the presidency and a one-seat majority in the National Assembly.
However, the PPP, which had been in power for 23 years, has since charged that
