GEORGETOWN – The main opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Tuesday night said that it wants a “speedy transition to a democratically elected government” as it awaits the official results of the disputed March 2 regional and general elections.

“The People’s Progressive Party is extremely happy with today’s decision of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to direct the Chief Election Officer to prepare a report, using the recount results, in keeping with Section 96 of the Representation of the Act, Chapter 1:03; paving the way for the official declaration of Election Results and thereby allowing for the swearing-in of Dr. Irfaan Ali as the ninth Executive President of Guyana,” the PPP/C said in a statement.

The GECOM chairperson, retired Justice Claudette Singh had earlier Tuesday said that she had requested that the Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield to prepare a report to ascertain the results of the elections in keeping with the laws of Guyana.

In a statement, GECOM said that in her decision to the Commission on Tuesday, “Justice Singh asserted that the Commission does not have the powers of a Court of Law to examine and re-examine witnesses or to procure official documents to determine the truth of the allegations contained therein”.

In its statement, the PPP/C said Tuesday’s decision is in line with earlier expressed views that GECOM is not a court of law; “therefore it has no jurisdiction to hear allegations of irregularities, which in any case has been totally discredited by the report of the CARICOM team, and aggrieved parties can seek redress by way of an Election Petition to the court.