The Guyana Elections Commission is making arrangements to get its poll books for Mabaruma from Returning Officer of Region 1, Trevon Harris.
Contacted today, Harris said he is no longer on the job. Questioned as to when he left the job or had his services terminated, Harris said he did not know. Harris, however, said that the books are in GECOM’s Office in Mabaruma.
However, sources told this newscast that they found it strange that the books were not turned over to GECOM and are still in the Region. It’s unclear why the RO would have made such a move when the process is still ongoing.
The books which form part of GECOM’s records are usually written up by Presiding Officers. At the end of the counting of the ballots, the books are placed in envelopes and sent to the respective Returning Officers to be submitted along with the ballot boxes to GECOM. However, the box was submitted to GECOM but not the poll books.
Region 1 is one of the regions won by the PPP, b ironically, the party agents for the PPP this morning claimed that the keys for their lock on the Region 1 container were allegedly misplaced.