The A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) said that its Statement of Polls (SoPs) do not reconcile with the Guyana Elections Commission’s SoPs, prompting the party to renew its calls for the election body to provide its original hard copies for verification.
“After a full and careful examination, we have found it impossible to reconcile the two set of SoPs since in a significant number of instances, the SoPs are not identical,” the APNU said in a letter it addressed to GECOM Chairman, Dr Steve Surujbally.
The letter which was copied to the Chief Election Officer, Goocool Boodoo stated that the party will be renewing its request to access the original hard copies of the SoPs in GECOM’s possession.
The findings by APNU come nearly a month after they received digital copies of GECOM’s SoPs. The APNU had begun their calls for the verification of the SoPs leading up to the declaration of the results of the November 28 polls.
APNU had refused to accept the results of the declaration, claiming several discrepancies in the SoPs, especially in Region Four. The coalition’s contention is that there were SoPs that were of particular interest. Those, the party added, were not reflective of the data listed on the party’s SoPs.
Accusing GECOM of several acts of mismanagement and breaches of procedure, the APNU leaders and supporters took to the streets in protest.