Delayed results fuel tension in aftermath of 2020 Guyana elections
According to our correspondent in the South American country and former British colony, more than 600,000 people registered for the elections in the heated battle dubbed 'The mother of all elections' with the winner of these 2020 General and Regional elections, going on to control a booming oil and gas sector and oil reserves—one of the largest in the hemisphere—in addition to guiding the country's path under its future as an oil producer.
However, an inability of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM); the constitutional body responsible for carrying out elections in the country, to declare early results for the largest electoral district Region 4 - Demarara Mahaica, has sparked rumours of attempts at rigging by the PPP/C and smaller parties.
So far, the declarations of the Region 4 results, have been delayed four times amidst controversy, leading to concerns raised by political parties and observers, with officials at GECOM saying they were awaiting verification of Statements of Poll (SOP) from the individual polling stations in Region Four to tabulate the final results.
APNU+AFC Leading in Polls
However, up to publication time, GECOM has gone ahead and released tabulations for Region 4 showing the APNU+AFC winning 136,458 votes in Region 4 to the PPP's 77,329 with local media indicating that those results are from the unverified Statement of Polls.
The PPP/C is insisting that they received 80,344 votes in that region through its own statement of polls now in the public domain, with the APNU+AFC receiving 114,354 according to that release.
With all of the regions now in, the APNU+AFC moves ahead in the polls with 237,140 votes versus the PPP's 229,450 Votes, The PPP/C has filed an injunction in the High Court, restricting GECOM from declaring unverified results for elections.
Both parties have declared to their followers that they are winners of the elections with coalition supporters already taking to the street in celebrating ahead of the official declaration of the winner by GECOM.
This is a developing story.
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21 Responses to “Delayed results fuel tension in aftermath of 2020 Guyana elections”
Them people really want to get them hand on that oil money boy. Look thing
Guyanese everywhere, at home or abroad, can and should benefit immensely from the oil find, if it is managed effectively. And for it to be managed effectively, all Guyanese must work cooperatively and collaboratively. They must and should do it for the future and well-being of Guyana and its people, all its people, Indians, Blacks, and others.
Guyanese must fight the resource curse (paradox of plenty) whereby a nation is rich/wealthy yet the masses are dirt poor, ie, many countries on the African continent. These countries are plagued by fraud, corruption, greed mismanagement, neocolonialism,self hatred.......etc. In some cases, they lacked the economic mechanisms and skill sets to use their wealth to produce positive outcomes for the masses. On the other hand, many resource-poor countries import resources from resource-rich countries and develop a higher standard of living and quality of life for their citizens than exist in the resource-rich countries. Disunity wreck any possibility of the West Indies Federation succeeding(1958-1962). The one from ten leave nought by a leading regional political leader came to fruition; the region would have been farther down the road politically, economically, and culturally if the Federation was given a fighting chance. As a result of the break up, the region is dotted with many small independent countries struggling to survive on a single economy———tourism. Guyana must unite; the region must unite.
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IS WATCHING.
Why are they afraid to have a recount in front of the observers only god knows.