Elections probe concludes

Sophia Chote SC delivering her closing address

The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the controversy-ridden March 2020 General and Regional Elections concluded yesterday and Chairman, Justice (retired) Stanley John said that the final report will be presented to President Irfaan Ali “in the shortest of time.”

In thanking everyone for the role they played, the Chairman said, “What we have seen and heard over the past several weeks we will distill and in the shortest of time present a report to His Excellency the President.”

The elections inquiry which began hearings on November 3, 2022, yesterday heard closing remarks from the commission’s counsel, Senior Counsel Sophia Chote who said that based on the evidence provided the results for the 2020 elections would have been known by the APNU+AFC and PPP/C through their statements of poll one day after votes were cast countrywide.