Swearing in the new President

After Chief Election Officer, Keith Lowenfield declares the official results of the May 11th polls, he will then name APNU+AFC presidential candidate David Granger as the president-elect -which would pave the way for the eighth president of the country to be sworn in.

The swearing in of Granger can occur immediately after the declaration or at a later stage and this does not have to be done at State House. In the 2011 election, President Donald Ramotar was sworn in four days after the November 29th polls but from all indications unless GECOM makes an early declaration today this ceremony would take much longer to occur.

Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary Carl Singh would have to administer the oath to the new president. Once this is done Granger would have to then write a letter to Lowenfield informing him based on the seat allocation who are the members of the National Assembly representing the new government. The names of those persons, who would include prime ministerial candidate Moses Nagamootoo, would have to be extracted from the coalition’s list of candidates in pursuance of Section 98 of the Representation of the People Act, Cap. 1:03.