{"id":26865,"date":"2025-03-12T13:40:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T13:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26865"},"modified":"2025-03-12T13:40:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T13:40:05","slug":"opposition-did-not-object-during-voters-list-review-despite-claims-of-irregularities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/opposition-did-not-object-during-voters-list-review-despite-claims-of-irregularities\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition Did Not Object During Voters\u2019 List Review, Despite Claims of Irregularities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Celestine Chacon<\/em><br><em>February 12, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite persistent calls from the <strong>APNU+AFC<\/strong> for the implementation of a <strong>biometric voting system<\/strong> to address concerns of a &#8220;bloated voters&#8217; list,&#8221; the opposition <strong>failed to raise any objections<\/strong> during the recent <strong>Claims and Objections<\/strong> exercise conducted by the <strong>Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was highlighted by <strong>Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall<\/strong>, who referenced a <strong>GECOM report<\/strong> stating that over <strong>4,000 transactions<\/strong> were processed during the review period. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, <strong>not a single claim or objection<\/strong> was filed by the opposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nandlall noted that if the opposition had any evidence of voter fraud, they could have used the exercise to <strong>challenge registrations<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized that their <strong>failure to provide any proof<\/strong> undermines the credibility of their allegations regarding the integrity of the <strong>Official List of Electors (OLE)<\/strong> and the <strong>National Register of Registrants (NRR)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Attorney General further stated that <strong>the opposition\u2019s demands for fresh registration and biometric voting<\/strong> serve as a <strong>diversionary tactic<\/strong> ahead of the upcoming elections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He maintained that the <strong>current system remains effective<\/strong> and urged citizens to recognize the opposition\u2019s claims as <strong>politically motivated<\/strong> rather than based on factual concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Celestine ChaconFebruary 12, 2025 Despite persistent calls from the APNU+AFC for the implementation of a biometric voting system to address concerns of a &#8220;bloated voters&#8217; list,&#8221; the opposition failed&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25290,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[388,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elections-2025","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26865"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26866,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26865\/revisions\/26866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}