APNU objects to 93 dead persons on voters list in Region 5

With the discovery of the names of ninety three dead persons on the voters list, objections by the APNU AFC in the Claims and Objections exercise in Region 5 (Mahaica/Berbice) have been separating the real people from ghosts.

Objections by the APNU AFC representative Carol Joseph with respect to the deceased persons being on the list were made and considered and then upheld during a hearing at Mahaicony yesterday morning.

Joseph said yesterday: “The Opposition has been accusing us of making unsubstantiated objections ; claiming that everybody we are objecting to is alive and well? Well we identified the names of ninety three deceased persons on the list; we provided the evidence yesterday and their names are now off the List.” “And there is more to come,” she added.

On Friday the PPP/C had accused the APNU+AFC representative in Region Five, of failing to produce a single shred of evidence to support the objections made. In a release the PPPC claimed: “This is a deliberate attempt by the APNU/AFC and its agents to disenfranchise people who are perceived to be PPP supporters.

Many of these persons have already come forward to identify themselves.” Joseph said that yesterday the PPP/C Chief Scrutineer Zulfikar Mustapha and Region 5 representative Faizal Jaffarally were present at the hearings presided over by Returning Officer Mr. Clairmont Mingo.
They were unable to halt the objections. The Claims leg of the Claims and Objections exercise ended on Monday November 4th last and the Objections segment is due to end on November 11th next.