While the political atmosphere is still heavily laden with gloom, it was somewhat lifted by President Granger’s statement last week that the Government will accept ‘any declaration’ made by GECOM pursuant to the recount. This was followed by a statement by the Chair of GECOM that ‘he who asserts must prove.’ President Granger’s statement contrasts sharply with those by Government/APNU+AFC officials doubting GECOM’s legal capacity to issue a declaration on the recount. A suggestion by a member that GECOM must investigate the allegations that dead and migrated persons have voted in the elections cannot be taken seriously. But the statement has only partially mitigated the concerns.
