Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield yesterday proposed a 156-day-long recount of ballots from the disputed March 2 general and regional elections, which the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) defended even as most of the contesting parties dubbed it unacceptable.
“He has given a proposal for the recount and it gives 156 days as the time for completion, which I find untenable,” PPP/C-nominated Commissioner Sase Gunraj told Stabroek News yesterday, following the conclusion of a Com-mission meeting.
Gunraj said he found Lowenfield’s proposal absurd and unreasonable, given that this country has already been waiting for over a month for results from less than 500,000 voter and feels that it is an insult to the people of this country.
