| …as GECOM accounts for nearly 80% of statements As the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) continues to receive Statements of Polls (SOPs) more than a day after general and regional elections,China Football Jerseys Cheap, almost no SOPs have been received from the hinterland districts. This was related by Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield at about 6:30pm last eveningIn contrast, nearly 80% of SOPs from the remainder of the country has been received by GECOM at its Command Centre on High Street. This figure represented about 1,Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale,800 of the 2,299 SOPs to be collected from the ten districts. Earlier in the day, the number had stood at about 1,500 SOPs received for the nation.During the first of two press conferences held by GECOM yesterday, Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield revealed that GECOM has been processing Statements from districts 4,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, 5, 6, 2 and 3. The Hinterland districts of 1, 7, 8 and 9 were clearly missing.Later that evening, Lowenfield shared that the only hinterland district from which SOPs were received was 9.GECOM Chairman Dr. Steve Surujbally indicated that the receipt of the SOPs was being hindered by environmental and geographical issues such as heavy rains. He said too that transportation was proving to be an issue.The overall receipt of SOPs had been stymied following the close of polls due to “an environment that precluded the healthy transmission of the ballot boxes and statements of polls,” Surujbally said.Due to these arising issues,Wholesale NFL Jerseys Online, GECOM began receiving SOPs at approximately 11:15pm on Monday, nearly 6 hours after the polls closed.According to Lowenfield,NFL Jerseys China, the receipt of SOPs began with district 4. He said that initially the receipt had been slow but the process was “speeded up” during the course of Monday evening. Currently, he added, GECOM’s staff is fully operational and processing the information received from the statements.“They [the statements] are being checked very carefully for accuracy; there are several layers of checks that are being done and the process is progressing smoothly,” Lowenfield said.Up to last evening, District 4 had remained the only area from which all Statements had been received. Lowenfield said that districts 5 and 6 were “almost complete”. In district 3, the coast and bank areas were completed, while results from the Essequibo islands and the rivering parts of the district were yet to be received.“We are receiving these statements and we’re going through the processes to ensure the accuracy that is required,” Lowenfield added.Meanwhile, Dr. Surujbally said that a few hours of “active and functional work” allowed GECOM to receive at least 1,500 SOPs. This, he said,Stitched Jerseys, happened despite the circumstances and “negative environment”.Though most of the nation’s SOPs have arrived at GECOM, Surujbally said that not all had been processed. Surujbally was also unwilling to share information on how the race for government is going,NFL Jerseys Cheap, implying that it was pointless since the results would continue to shift as more SOPs are received. |
