Official GECOM results by Midday

― Coalition urges all to remain calm

 DPI, GUYANA, Tuesday, March 3, 2020

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will begin providing official results from the General and Regional Elections by Midday today, the elections body has advised.

GECOM on Monday, March 2, executed a successful election, with a voter population of some 661, 378 Guyanese at its 2, 339 polling stations countrywide.

GECOM said this morning that the processing of Statement of Polls (SOPs) commenced at around 2:30am today at its command center. The entity said it believes that by midday there will be substantial information to present.

Persons can visit www.guyanaelections.com for more information, as well as the GECOM’s Facebook page for the latest updates.

Meanwhile, the APNU+AFC in a release this morning called on Guyanese to remain calm as the country awaits the official results.

“The APNU+AFC Coalition thanks all Guyanese for the patience which they exercised on election day yesterday and continue to exercise as we await the announcement of the official results by the Guyana Elections Commission.”

The coalition said persons should continue to go about their daily activities in a spirit of peace and optimism.

“We are cognizant that there will be anxieties for results but we reiterate that we must allow GECOM to do its work and await the official announcement which are likely to commence later today.”

It said all of its internal projections are positive and indicate that “we will be returned to government for a second term to continue the work of building and developing Guyana.”