The presidential candidate for the

main opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic, Mohamed Irfaan Ali, was on

Sunday declared president elect of Guyana.

Chairperson

of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Retired Justice Claudette Singh in

the declaration of the election stated that article 177 (2) of the

Constitution (states) that where there are two or more Presidential candidates,

if more votes are cast in favour of the list in which a person is designated as

presidential candidate than in favour of any other list, that Presidential

candidate shall be deemed to be elected president  and shall so be

declared by the Chairman of the Elections Commission, acting only in accordance

with the advice of the Chief Election Officer, after the advice has been

tendered to the Elections Commission at a duly summoned meeting.

“Whereas the list of candidates of the PPP/C for

election of members to the National Assembly held on March 2, 2020, pursuant to

article 60 (2) of the Constitution, designated Mohamed Irfaan Ali, as the

Presidential candidate for the said election – and whereas, more votes were

cast in favour of the list of the PPP/C than in favour of the list of any other

party contesting the election of members of the National Assembly held pursuant

to article 60(2) of the Constitution; Now therefore, in accordance with the

provisions of article 177(2), I do hereby declare that Mohamed Irfaan Ali, the

Presidential candidate designated in the list of the PPP/C, has been elected

President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana.”