Georgetown: With the completion of the vote count from the March 2 polls prompting claims of elections rigging and fraud, a high-level team from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) that has been appointed to oversee a national recount arrived in Guyana Saturday night aboard a Caribbean military aircraft.
The team comprises: Francine Baron, Foreign Affairs Minister and Former Attorney General of Dominica; Mr. Anthony Boatswain, former Minister of Finance of Grenada; Ms. Cynthia Barrow-Giles, Senior Lecturer in Department of Government of UWI; and the Chief Elections Officers of Barbados and Trinidad.
The recount of the ballots cast in all ten regions at Guyana’s elections was based on an agreement by President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo.
“The Caricom Counting team arrived in Guyana last night aboard a Caribbean military aircraft,” said Gerry Gouevia owned of Roraima Airways and chairman of the Private Sector Commission.
“The Roraima Ground handling team met the Caribbean Military Aircraft and facilitate and process the arrival of the passengers into Guyana and the subsequent departure of the aircraft for its return flight back to Barbados,” Gouevia via stated in a Facebook post.
The Chairperson of GECOM, Justice Claudette Singh on Saturday gave an undertaking to Chief Justice Madame Roxane George, that she would facilitate the recounting of the ballots for Region 4.
“I welcome this initiative and would assure everyone, that GECOM will cooperate fully with the process,” she stated.
She said that commitment has now been bolstered with the request the CARICOM independent high-level team to supervise the recount of the ballots for District One to District Ten.
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