The opposition PPP/C yesterday express-ed “grave doubt” over the credibility and transparency of the impending national recount of votes from the March 2 polls, after Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairperson Justice (ret’d) Claudette Singh voted against a majority of proposals made by opposition-nominated commissioners that they say were intended to “safeguard” the process.
“The way the Chairperson has voted on the issues… must be a cause for concern for the future of democracy in Guyana. It provides answers to many questions which have occupied every Guyanese, the diplomatic and the international community over the past 2 months,” the PPP/C said in a statement last evening, while accusing Singh of reneging on a commitment to ensure the process “is done fairly, transparently, expeditiously and in accordance with the law.”
