GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Sept 1, CMC – An estimated 757,690 listed eligible voters are schedule to cast ballots on Monday in Guyana’s general and regional elections that officials say the results of which will not be known until September 4.
“Once we have the district declaration in place for all the districts by the evening of the third (September) and all of those declarations get to me, by the morning of the fourth the Commission should be able to make the national declaration because I would immediately proceed to put together the results of the districts to come up with those national tabulations,” Chief Election Officer of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Vishnu Persaud told a news conference on Sunday night.
In a statement on Sunday, GECOM said that it “is the only agency that is responsible for the tabulation and declaration of the results of these elections.
“This is a constitutional mandate, and GECOM is fully prepared to fulfill this responsibility with transparency and accuracy. We urge all parties and individuals to respect this constitutional provision and to await the official declarations from GECOM.
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