Obstruction, tampering concerns mar GPSU vote count

Several ballot boxes stacked in the main hall of the GPSU headquarters during the process of counting and verification of ballots yesterday.

The counting of ballots for the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) elections continued yesterday amidst claims by the elections officer that attempts were being made to disrupt the process, while the lone challenger to incumbent President Partick Yarde alleged that there have been several discrepancies, including tampering with ballots.

Although Stabroek News had been told that counting had been suspended until later this week, counting of ballots from Thursday’s elections continued at the GPSU hall in a highly contentious atmosphere.

Elections officer Herman DeSouza yesterday claimed that persons present were