Bar association urges patience while awaiting elections results

The Bar Association of Guyana is praising the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) for a job well done and is urging electors to exercise patience and allow the Commission to complete its work.

In a release yesterday, the Bar Association of Guyana disclosed that it was accredited by GECOM as a Local Observer of the 2020 General and Regional Elections and as such has been monitoring the elections process. To this end, on Election Day, a team was dispatched to observe the voting process on Election Day particularly in Districts/Regions 4, 5 and 6.

According to the Association, while the results have not yet been declared, which means that the process is still ongoing including its observer status, the preliminary reports received thus far from its Observation Team are that the voting process on Election Day was on balance, free, fair and transparent. The team did not report witnessing any untoward events on Election Day which would affect the credibility of the result of the election. As with any process, the Association acknowledges that

there are “areas for improvement”, and these will be addressed in the final report to be submitted to GECOM on the completion of the election process.

The members of the Bar Association’s Observer Team praised the GECOM staff for discharging their duties on Election Day with “professionalism and competence” in its efforts to ensure that elections throughout Guyana were free and fair.

The Association reminded that the mandated process of GECOM for the declaration of results is by its nature time consuming, adding, “We therefore urge patience in permitting GECOM to complete their work in the delivery of accurate results.”

The Bar Association also stressed that GECOM is the only body with the lawful authority to declare the results of the General and Regional Elections held on March 2, 2020.