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THE VISION A PARTNERSHIP FOR NATIONAL UNITY is committed to the creation of a Guyana in which citizens can live productive lives free from the ravages of poverty, secure in their homes and in their communities and are able to enjoy the benefits of political, economic and cultural development and freedom. February 28 th 2012 Final Report Statements of Poll Examination Meetings between APNU & GECOM Dear All, APNU Team: Guyana Election Commissions (GECOM) Team Fitzroy Corlette Gocool Boodoo Chief Election Officer Ronald Backer Beverly Critchlow Voter Registration Manager Malcolm Harripaul Ganesh Latchnarine Internal Auditor, GECOM George Vaughn Deolall Ramlall Returning Officer Region 4 Nigel Hinds Keith Lowenfield Asst. Chief Elections Officer Lawrence Duncan Logistics Coordinator The APNU team had five meetings with GECOM from January 23 to February 20 2012. The findings recorded in our two previous reports dated January 23 and February 5 2012 (Annex 1 & Annex 2) are summarized herein, along with the findings from our most recent meeting with GECOM on February 20, 2012. The prevailing takeaway from our examination of the Statements of Polls (SOPs) among other key points is that multiple instances of misconduct, malpractice and document falsification occurred from the missing final list of polling stations, preparation of SOPs, counting of party votes on SOPs, announcement of final election results and the arithmetic used to arrive at the summary votes made known in the gazetted results. Facts Confirming GECOM Mismanagement & Misconduct 1. A final list of polling stations was never provided by GECOM to the political parties and stakeholders that matched the polling stations used on Election Day - November 28, 2011. 2. The party votes on the Statements of Polls does not total to the votes attributed to each party in GECOM final count (see Annex 4). 3. Arising from point two above the final election results and the results gazetted by GECOM are incorrect. 4. Deputy Regional Officers prepared several SOPs that were unsigned by presiding officers or polling agents, these SOPs were then scanned and distributed to the contesting parties via compact disc with the stated communiqué that the Statements of Polls were copies of originals - Cleary false. 5. GECOM absence of a defined policy on use of SOPs allows for the use of copies of SOPs instead of originals in the final count; as a result GECOM does not have in storage original Statement of Polls for multiple polling stations. 6. Arising from point one above GECOM is unable to provide a final list of the private residences used as polling stations. Telephone: 592-225-8348 A Partnership for National Unity 61 Hadfield Street Werk-en-Rust Georgetown Guyana Email: apnuguyana@gmail.com URL: www.voteapnu.com Facebook: APNU.Guyana Twitter: @APNUGuyana

7. Illegible copies were used by GECOM in tabulating and computing the SOPs ultimately resulting in flawed results being published. Instances & Opportunities for Fraud and Malpractice As noted in our Interim Report (see Annex 2) we also extended our SOPs examination to issues such as the final listing for private residences, the computation of GECOM final results, GECOM policy on the receipt and use of SOP originals vs. SOP copies, scanned SOPs and the Gazetted Results, herein we confirmed that opportunities for fraud and malpractice were plentiful. A. In Regions 3 & 4 several Statements of Polls were identified with forged signatures. B. The SOPs are designed with three columns: the polling station identification and the votes of the individual parties are in column one, the sum of party votes, spoilt votes and rejected votes are in column two and signatures of the Presiding Officer and Polling Agents are in the third column. The design of the SOP makes it susceptible to fraud and manipulation. In multiple instances the individual filling out column one did not fill out column two. Column two contains the sum of the party votes and the individual filling out column two can selectively modify column one votes on the SOP to arrive at a desired total. C. Aside from the illegal repetitive signatures by one individual on several Statements of Poll, it seemed standard practice for more than one person to write up the SOP. The possibilities for manipulation are then increased, especially as it relates to the totaling of the votes in column two of the SOP. D. GECOM was unable to provide a final list of private residences (see Annex 6) used for voting as promised by both Mr. Boodoo and Mr. Ramlall at each meeting they attended. An examination of Annex 6 demonstrates that APNU could potentially have over 5,000 more votes in Region Four with PPP/C votes declining in Region Four by a similar amount. Mr. Boodoo and Mr. Ramlall indicated several changes were made in the last five days to the private residence list prior to the day of elections creating an open opportunity for fraud and malpractice. E. The illegal introduction of Statements of Polls as acknowledged in the Organization of American States (OAS) report; also we cannot rule out Statements of Polls being introduced after the elections and included in the final count that were not on any List of Polling Stations provided to the contesting parties due to the non-existence of a final list of Polling Stations. F. Valid votes as a percentage of eligible voters for the National Elections were 72%, while private residences valid votes as a percentage of eligible voters averaged 75% (see Annex 3). This occurrence is quite unusual as private residencies tend to be used in less densely populated areas. G. Mr. Ramlall acknowledged that the scanned data provided to the political parties could not be relied on, as he saw several instances where data was transposed incorrectly. The Chief Election Officer claimed he had no involvement with the scanned documents provided to the political parties. H. As evidenced in Region One (Annex 5) where APNU won one seat by having one more vote than PPP/C in the Regional Seat Allocation. The evidence is clear that each vote is material and the introduction of a single or a few unlisted and/or manufactured SOP could change the seats allocated to a party. I. In Region Two APNU fell short of gaining a Regional Seat by 229 votes, it is in these scenarios that the points made in 1-7 above and the alphabetical points noted herein magnify the importance of the need for good practice, proper conduct and the need to adhere to the stated policies of GECOM. J. Ballot Box #4681 is significant for several reasons, particularly with one hundred votes unaccounted for as illustrated below. The division name is Vigilance/Nonpariel (North) that voted heavily in favour of APNU. However, the vote count amounted to only 42% of eligible voters and the votes cast were summed inaccurately see illustration below. The discrepancy is 2

more glaring when Ballot Box #4682 at the same Division and Polling Place showed a 73% voter turnout for APNU. Ballot Box Votes Rejected Valid No Div. # Cast Ballots Votes APNU AFC PPPC TUF 4681 421122C 256 4 252 121 11 19 1 Sum of Valid Votes 152 K. Special Case: The private residence of Mr. Oodwalack Prashad of Region 4 Good Hope with Ballot Boxes 4633-4634 contained questionable signatures, illegible data, zero spoilt votes and 99% of the votes going to PPP/C. L. As mentioned on Annex 5 to this report the Top Up Seats computation would have enabled APNU to gain another seat in the National Assembly if approximately 190 more valid votes were secured by APNU and PPP/C had 190 less votes in the National Count (a 380 vote swing). The illustration below shows how the seat allocation would have changed if the 380 vote swing did occur - as 27 seats would have gone to APNU and PPP/C would have won 31 seats: Valid Votes 342,236 APNU AFC EBDA PPP/C TUF Total Seats 65 139,868 35,333 0 166,150 885 342,236 National Quota 5,265 27 7-31 0 65 Conclusion Our limited review of the SOPs discovered significant discrepancies as noted in the foregoing, along with the substantial impact the irregularities very likely had on determining who won the presidency and parliamentary seat allocation as shown in points H & L above and more particularly in Annexes 5 & 6. Along with other differences such as the SOPs numbers not matching the final numbers published by GECOM, the abnormal results from the use of private residences and the non-existence of a final list of Polling Stations matching Polling Stations used on Elections Day; it is our opinion that the Election Results assembled by GECOM does not provide a reliable basis to determine who won the Presidency. We believe that serious flouting of the stated policies and procedures of GECOM occurred, along with misconduct and illegal actions by GECOM representatives. A Partnership for National Unity (A.P.N.U) February 28 th 2012 3

January 23, 2011 Annex 1 - Initial Report Statements of Poll - Verification Meeting between APNU & GECOM Dear All, APNU Team: Guyana Election Commissions (GECOM) Team Fitzroy Corlette Gocool Boodoo Chief Election Officer Ronald Backer Beverly Critchlow Voter Registration Manager Malcolm Harripaul Ganesh Latchnarine Internal Auditor, GECOM George Vaughn Deolall Ramlall Returning Officer Region 4 Nigel Hinds Mr. Duncan We focused our attention primarily on Region Three and selectively on Region Four. We knew going into the meeting that Region 4 submissions on Compact Disc (CD) to the Parties contesting the General Election and statements made in the media by GECOM relating to the documents were misleading and false. The misleading and false information we knew beforehand related to ten of the Statements of Poll on the CD for Region Four that were not original or copies from the Statements of Poll but instead represented several Statements of Poll written by the same District Regional Officer, then scanned and included on the CD that was submitted to the Election Parties and other Stakeholders with the clear communiqué from GECOM that the SOPS were originals or copies of the original. In addition to the foregoing we found the following areas of improper procedures, misconduct and/or falsehoods: In Region 3 & 4 we identified several SOPS that had forged signatures Deputy Regional Officers wrote up several SOPS after the original SOPS were prepared Illegible carbon copies were used by GECOM in computing the Election Results A SOPS in Region 3 had zero votes for all parties yet at least seven persons signed the SOPS such as the Presiding Officer, Polling Agents, Counting Agents, and other electoral representatives who seemingly did not vote Multiple instances of one individual writing several SOPS, with the SOPS being for different polling stations and different locations 1. Multiple instances of two individuals processing data entry on one SOPS 2. Mr. Boodoo indicated that the original copy of the SOPS should be posted outside the Polling Station, yet over 98% of the SOPS we reviewed at GECOM were originals 3. GECOM was unable to provide a list of private residences used as Polling Stations 4. The names of polling agents and counting agents were written on the SOPS by someone other than the agents 5. Mr. Boodoo as Chief Election Officer claimed he had nothing to do with the scanned documents on the CD, even though these documents were used to announce the Election Results 6. Mr. Boodoo stated that he was aware of four SOPSs submitted on the CD and the SOPs were different from the original SOPS, yet this information was not conveyed to the parties that contested the elections 7. There is a special case of a Polling Station at the residence of Mr. Oodwalack Prashad of Region 4 Good Hope for Ballot Boxes 4633-4634 that contained forgeries, illegible data, zero rejected votes, with 99% of votes going to PPP/C, among other discrepancies to put it mildly 8. GECOM was unable to produce a list of Polling Stations that were changed or consolidated in the five days prior to the elections The fourteen points above confirm serious flouting of the stated policies and procedures of GECOM and in some cases illegal conduct by GECOM. We expect to continue the exercise at GECOM office on Wednesday January 25, 2012; however, we strongly feel that the information we have confirmed should be made public while we continue the Election Results Review. 4

Respectfully, Clifton Nigel Hinds, BSc, MBA, CPA Nigel Hinds & Associates Financial Services PS Rushed Report 5

February 5, 2012 Annex 2 - Interim Report Statements of Poll Examination Meetings between APNU & GECOM Dear All, APNU Team: Guyana Election Commissions (GECOM) Team Fitzroy Corlette Gocool Boodoo Chief Election Officer Ronald Backer Beverly Critchlow Voter Registration Manager Malcolm Harripaul Ganesh Latchnarine Internal Auditor, GECOM George Vaughn Deolall Ramlall Returning Officer Region 4 Nigel Hinds Keith Lowenfield Asst. Chief Elections Officer Lawrence Duncan Logistics Coordinator The report herein covers the four meetings with GECOM from January 23 to February 1 2012. In our Initial Report dated January 23, 2012 (see - Annex 1), we detailed several instances of misconduct and document falsification by GECOM and their representatives. In this report we have identified specific Statements of Poll (SOPS) with the Ballot Box numbers (see attached Annex 1) where offenses occurred. The selected SOPS examined over the period are from Regions Three thru Nine. The meetings subsequent to our first meeting on January 23, 2102 primarily served to validate multiple discrepancies that extended from Regions 3 thru 9 with the core of the incidents taking place in Regions 3 thru 6. We also extended our SOPS examination to issues such as the final listing for private residences, the computation of GECOM final results, GECOM policy SOPSs delivery system, the receipt and use of SOPS originals vs. SOPS copies, scanned SOPS and the Gazetted Results. Additional areas (see Annex 2 Initial Report) of improper procedure, misconduct and/or falsehoods and inaccuracies: A. The individual SOPS does not match the Gazetted Final Results (see Annex 4). B. GECOM were unable to provide a final list of private residences used for voting. The list was promised at each meeting and Mr. Lowenfield was identified as the officer to provide the list. Mr. Lowenfield never returned to any of the meetings after January 23 or sent any documentation to us. The Residences List we currently have (see Annex 3) is outdated as acknowledged by Mr. Ramlall as several changes were made in the last five days before the elections; we cannot rule out private residences being added after November 28, 2011; as we never had a final private residence list. C. Valid votes as a percentage of eligible voters for the National Elections were 72%, while valid votes as a percentage of eligible voters averaged 75% for private residences (see Annex 3). This occurrence is quite unusual as private residencies tend to be used in less densely populated areas. D. GECOM does not have original SOPS for multiple polling stations. E. Mr. Ramlall acknowledged that the scanned data provided to the political parties could not be relied on, as he saw several instances where data was transposed incorrectly. F. In Region 3 as documented in Annex 2, a SOP from Sand Hills Primary from Division Dunoon/Hiami at Polling Place Sand Hills Primary was examined and showed signatures of nine polling agents, yet not a single vote was recorded for any party on the SOPS. Annex 2 also refers to discrepancies for specific Ballot Boxes. G. As evidenced in Annex 5 where APNU won one seat in Region one by having a single vote more than PPP/C and fell short of winning a seat in Region Three by 229 votes. The situation described in point F above needs further examination, and so do similar cases with discrepancies in Region Three and other Regions. H. Ballot Box #4681 is significant for several reasons, particularly with one hundred votes unaccounted for as illustrated below. The division name is Vigilance/Nonpariel (North) that voted heavily in favour of APNU. However, due to the votes unaccounted for only 42% of eligible voters were recorded. The discrepancy is more glaring when Ballot Box #4682 at the same Division and Polling Place showed a 73% voter turnout. 6

Ballot Box Votes Rejected Valid No Div. # Cast Ballots Votes APNU AFC PPPC TUF 4681 421122C 256 4 252 121 11 19 1 Sum of Valid Votes 152 I. As mentioned by Christopher Ram and shown on Annex 5 to this report the Top Up Seats computation would have enabled APNU to gain another seat in the National Assembly if approximately 190 more valid votes were secured by APNU and PPP/C had 190 less votes in the National Count (a 360 vote swing). The illustration below demonstrates how the seat allocation would have changed, as 27 seats would have gone to APNU and PPP/C would have won 31 seats: Valid Votes 342,236 APNU AFC EBDA PPP/C TUF Total Seats 65 139,868 35,333 0 166,150 885 342,236 National Quota 5,265 26.565 6.71-31.556 0.17 65 J. Considering we only did a limited review of the SOPS discrepancies and the situation in point H above, among other irregularities such as the SOPS numbers not matching the final numbers published by GECOM as noted in point A above; there is a strong case to make that at a minimum another seat was won by ANPU. We continue to believe that serious flouting of the stated policies and procedures of GECOM occurred, along with misconduct and illegal actions by GECOM representatives. Respectfully, Clifton Nigel Hinds, CPA 7

Annex 3 Private Residences Valid Votes as a Percentage of Eligible Voters at Private Residences Values Regions Valid Votes_ APNU_ AFC_ PPP/C_ TUF_ Eligibile Voters_ 1 341 72 65 197 7 703 2 108 2 21 85-144 3 765 24 54 686 1 1,017 4 36,886 15,572 2,264 19,011 39 48,908 6 7,812 1,288 1,965 4,548 11 10,270 7 927 530 54 334 9 1,631 8 42 3 25 11 3 48 9 16 8 6 2-24 10 118 40 13 64 1 289 Grand Total 47,015 17,539 4,467 24,938 71 63,034 75% 8

Annex 4: Actual Sum of Statements of Polls Differs from GECOM Published Results Party & Region Statement of Polls GECOM Differences APNU 1 887 887 - APNU 2 3,287 3,287 - APNU 3 14,027 14,028 (1) APNU 4 84,726 84,828 (102) APNU 5 8,906 8,906 - APNU 6 10,798 10,798 - APNU 7 2,851 2,843 8 APNU 8 739 739 - APNU 9 1,959 2,004 (45) APNU 10 11,341 11,358 (17) AFC 1 785 786 (1) AFC 2 2,086 2,086 - AFC 3 3,345 3,343 2 AFC 4 10,567 10,635 (68) AFC 5 3,079 3,079 - AFC 6 11,647 11,634 13 AFC 7 508 505 3 AFC 8 995 995 - AFC 9 953 946 7 AFC 10 1,386 1,324 62 PPP/C 1 3,474 3,472 2 PPP/C 2 12,555 12,555 - PPP/C 3 33,414 33,424 (10) PPP/C 4 60,899 60,851 48 PPP/C 5 13,558 13,558-9

PPP/C 6 32,268 32,360 (92) PPP/C 7 2,375 2,376 (1) PPP/C 8 741 741 - PPP/C 9 4,154 4,135 19 PPP/C 10 2,782 2,868 (86) TUF 1 55 55 - TUF 2 51 51 - TUF 3 69 70 (1) TUF 4 188 201 (13) TUF 5 29 29 - TUF 6 80 83 (3) TUF 7 71 84 (13) TUF 8 95 95 - TUF 9 178 183 (5) TUF 10 32 34 (2) Grand Total 341,940 342,236 (296) 10

THE VISION A PARTNERSHIP FOR NATIONAL UNITY is committed to the creation of a Guyana in which citizens can live productive lives free from the ravages of poverty, secure in their homes and in their communities and are able to enjoy the benefits of political, economic and cultural development and freedom. Annex 5 National Assembly_Seat Allocation Process - Guyana General Elections November 28, 2011 Step 1 Total Votes from General Elections as per GECOM 342,236 Divide by Total Number of Seats in National Assembly 65 National Quota to gain a Seat in The National Assembly 5,265 Step Two Total Votes for each Party as per GECOM Seats allocated to each Party in Parliament APNU AFC EBDA PPP/C TUF Total 139,678 35,333 0 166,340 885 342,236 26.529 6.71-31.593 0.17 65 Telephone: 592-225-8348 A Partnership for National Unity 61 Hadfield Street Werk-en-Rust Georgetown Guyana Email: apnuguyana@gmail.com URL: www.voteapnu.com Facebook: APNU.Guyana Twitter: @APNUGuyana

Step Three & Step Four - Combined in Table Below Regional Election Results as per GECOM Description Regional Seats Constituency Quota APNU AFC EBDA PPP/C TUF Total Comments Region 1 2 2,591 868 787 0 3,458 69 5,182 Initial Vote % of Constituency Quota 34% 30% 0% 133% 3% First Round Seat Allocation 0 0 0 1 0 First Round Vote Surplus 868 787 0 867 69 2nd Round Vote % of Constituency Quota 34% 30% 0% 33% 3% APNU won seat by one vote margin 2nd Round Vote Surplus 868 787 0 867 69 2nd Round Vote Surplus Allocated 1 0 0 0 0 Total 2 1 0 0 1 0 Description Regional Seats Constituency Quota APNU AFC EBDA PPP/C TUF Total Region 2 2 8,967 3,254 2,159 0 12,450 71 17,934 Initial Vote % of Constituency Quota 36% 24% 139% 1% First Round Seat Allocation 0 0 0 1 0 First Round Vote Surplus 3,254 2,159 0 3,483 71 APNU NEEDED 229 2nd Round Vote % of Constituency more votes to win a Quota 36% 24% 0% 39% 1% Region 2 seat 2nd Round Vote Surplus 3,254 2,159 0 3,483 71 2nd Round Vote Surplus Allocated 0 0 0 1 Total 2 0 0 0 2 0 12

Description Regional Seats Constituency Quota APNU AFC EBDA PPP/C TUF Total Region 3 3 16,896 13,852 3,508 0 33,232 96 50,688 Initial Vote % of Constituency Quota 82% 21% 197% 1% First Round Seat Allocation 0 0 0 1 0 First Round Vote Surplus 13,852 3,508 0 16,336 96 2nd Round Vote % of Constituency Quota 82% 21% 0% 97% 1% 2nd Round Vote Surplus 13,852 3,508 0 16,336 96 2nd Round Vote Surplus Allocated 1 0 0 1 0 Total 3 1 0 0 2 0 Description Regional Seats Constituency Quota APNU AFC EBDA PPP/C TUF Total Region 4 7 22,295 83,998 11,291 0 60,344 435 156,068 Initial Vote % of Constituency Quota 377% 51% 0% 271% 2% First Round Seat Allocation 3 0 0 2 0 First Round Vote Surplus 17,112 11,291 0 15,753 435 2nd Round Vote % of Constituency Quota 77% 51% 0% 71% 2% 2nd Round Vote Surplus 17,112 11,291 0 15,753 435 2nd Round Vote Surplus Allocated 1 0 0 1 0 Total 7 4 0 0 3 0 Description Regional Seats Constituency Quota APNU AFC EBDA PPP/C TUF Total Region 5 2 12,747 8,804 3,154 0 13,470 66 25,494 Initial Vote % of Constituency Quota 69% 25% 106% 1% First Round Seat Allocation 0 0 0 1 0 13

First Round Vote Surplus 8,804 3,154 0 723 66 2nd Round Vote % of Constituency Quota 69% 25% 0% 6% 1% 2nd Round Vote Surplus 8,804 3,154 0 723 66 2nd Round Vote Surplus Allocated 1 0 0 0 0 Total 2 1 0 0 1 0 Description Regional Seats Constituency Quota APNU AFC EBDA PPP/C TUF Total Region 6 3 18,314 10,593 12,008 152 32,042 147 54,942 Initial Vote % of Constituency Quota 58% 66% 1% 175% 1% First Round Seat Allocation 0 0 0 1 0 First Round Vote Surplus 10,593 12,008 152 13,728 147 2nd Round Vote % of Constituency Quota 58% 66% 1% 75% 1% 2nd Round Vote Surplus 10,593 12,008 152 13,728 147 2nd Round Vote Surplus Allocated 0 1 0 1 0 Total 3 0 1 0 2 0 Description Regional Seats Constituency Quota APNU AFC EBDA PPP/C TUF Total Region 7 2 2,897 2,838 503 0 2,373 80 5,794 Initial Vote % of Constituency Quota 98% 17% 0% 82% 3% First Round Seat Allocation 0 0 0 0 0 First Round Vote Surplus 2,838 503 0 2,373 80 2nd Round Vote % of Constituency Quota 98% 17% 0% 82% 3% 2nd Round Vote Surplus 2,838 503 0 2,373 80 2nd Round Vote Surplus Allocated 1 0 0 1 0 14

Total 2 1 0 0 1 0 Description Regional Seats Constituency Quota APNU AFC EBDA PPP/C TUF Total Region 8 1 2,541 693 983 0 744 121 2,541 Initial Vote % of Constituency Quota 27% 39% 0% 29% 5% First Round Seat Allocation 0 0 0 0 0 First Round Vote Surplus 693 983 0 744 121 2nd Round Vote % of Constituency Quota 27% 39% 0% 29% 5% 2nd Round Vote Surplus 693 983 0 744 121 2nd Round Vote Surplus Allocated 0 1 0 0 0 Total 1 0 1 0 0 0 Description Regional Seats Constituency Quota APNU AFC EBDA PPP/C TUF Total Region 9 1 7,276 1,982 939 0 4,111 244 7,276 Initial Vote % of Constituency Quota 27% 13% 0% 57% 3% First Round Seat Allocation 0 0 0 0 0 First Round Vote Surplus 1,982 939 0 4,111 244 2nd Round Vote % of Constituency Quota 27% 13% 0% 57% 3% 2nd Round Vote Surplus 1,982 939 0 4,111 244 2nd Round Vote Surplus Allocated 0 0 0 1 0 Total 1 0 0 0 1 0 Description Regional Seats Constituency Quota APNU AFC EBDA PPP/C TUF Total Region 10 2 7,672 11,135 1,465 0 2,684 59 15,343 Initial Vote % of Constituency Quota 145% 19% 0% 35% 1% 15

First Round Seat Allocation 1 0 0 0 0 First Round Vote Surplus 3,464 1,465 0 2,684 59 2nd Round Vote % of Constituency Quota 45% 19% 0% 35% 1% 2nd Round Vote Surplus 3,464 1,465 0 2,684 59 2nd Round Vote Surplus Allocated 1 0 0 0 0 Total 2 2 0 0 0 0 Total Regional Seats 25 10 2 0 13 0 341,262 GECOM Regional Count Step Five - Top Up Seats Seats Allocated to each Party in Parliament less Regional Seats Won: 16.53 4.71-18.59 0.17 APNU NEEDED 229 more votes in Region 2 plus 151 more votes Total Seats for each Party: Step 2 less Step 5 26 7-0 32 0 Rounded down Rounded up overall to win two more seats - total of 380 votes 16

THE VISION A PARTNERSHIP FOR NATIONAL UNITY is committed to the creation of a Guyana in which citizens can live productive lives free from the ravages of poverty, secure in their homes and in their communities and are able to enjoy the benefits of political, economic and cultural development and freedom. Annex 6 Private Residences Number Count & % used per Region Region Polling Stations. Percentage 1 8 3% 2 1 0% 3 5 2% 4 184 68% 6 50 18% 7 14 5% 8 5 2% 9 2 1% 10 3 1% Grand Total 272 100% Private Residences Valid Votes & Percentage per Region Region Valid_Votes % of PR Votes by Region 1 341 0.7% 2 108 0.2% 3 765 1.6% 4 36,886 78% 6 7,812 16.6% 7 927 2% 8 42 0.1% 9 16 0.0% 10 118 0% Grand Total 47,015 100.0% Telephone: 592-225-8348 A Partnership for National Unity 61 Hadfield Street Werk-en-Rust Georgetown Guyana Email: apnuguyana@gmail.com URL: www.voteapnu.com Facebook: APNU.Guyana Twitter: @APNUGuyana

Summary of Region 4 Valid Votes Including Private Residences Region Party Seats Vote Percentage 4 APNU 4 84,828 54% 4 AFC 0 10,635 7% 4 PPP/C 3 60,851 39% 4 TUF 0 201 0.1% Region 4 Total 7 156,515 100% Summary of Region 4 Votes Excluding Private Residences Region Party Seats Vote Percentage 4 APNU 4 69,256 58% 15,572 4 AFC 0 8,371 7% 4 PPP/C 3 41,840 35% 19,011 4 TUF 0 201 0% Region 4 Total 7 119,668 100% 3,439 Region 4 Private Residences Valid Votes & Percentage by Party Valid Votes APNU AFC PPPC TUF 36,886 15,572 2,264 19,011 39 % 42% 6% 52% 0.11% Region 4 Private Residences Valid Votes & Percentage by Party assuming overall trend Valid Votes APNU AFC PPPC TUF 36,886 19,991 2,506 14,341 47 % 54% 7% 39% 0.13% Region 4 PRs Valid Votes & % by Party as per summary without Private Residences Valid Votes APNU AFC PPPC TUF 36,886 21,347 2,580 12,897 62 8,451 % 58% 7% 35% 0.17% Vote Swing: Using Trend 4,419 4,670 9,090 No PR 5,775 6,114 11,890 18

A Partnership for National Unity - Review of GECOM Statements of Poll Jan 23 to Feb 20, 2012 Guyana National Elections November 28, 2011 GECOM Mismanagement and Misconduct 1. A final list of Polling Stations was not provided to Political Parties by GECOM 2. Votes on SOPs do not add up to GECOM gazetted results 3. 68% of all Private Residences used as Polling Stations across Guyana were located in Region 4 with PPP/C winning 52% of the votes cast at the residences in Region 4. 4. DROs prepared several SOPs. No signatures from Presiding Officers or Agents were on the SOPs; these were submitted by GECOM on compact disc to the political parties with the assurance that the SOPs represented original copies. 19

Con t: 5. Illegible copies of SOPs were used by GECOM in computing the Final Votes for the Election Results 6. The final list of private residences used as polling stations were never provided to the parties See point 3 above. 7. Region 4 valid votes for private residences totaled 36,886: APNU 15,572-42%; PPP/C 19,011-52%; AFC 2,264-6% and TUF 0.1% Con t: 8. Multiple instances were discovered of one individual writing up several SOPs for different polling stations at different locations 9. Several Statements of Poll had forged signatures particularly in Regions Three and Four 20

Con t: 10. Nationally valid votes as a % of eligible voters were 72% while for vote percentage at private residences averaged 75% 11. The Chief Returning Officer for Region 4 Mr. Ramlall admitted that scanned data provided to the political parties was unreliable as he saw several instances of data transposed incorrectly 12. Mr. Boodoo as Chief Election Officer stated that he played no part in providing the documents submitted on compact disc to the political parties. Con t: 13. GECOM was unable to produce a list of polling stations that were changed or consolidated in the five days prior to the elections. 14. PPP/C won 78% of all actual votes at Private Residences used as Polling Stations across Guyana. Nationally the PPP/C percentage of actual votes won amounted to 49%. 21

Con t: Best Divisions for PPP/C in Region 4 15. Private Residences APNU AFC PPP/C TUF LUSIGNAN (EAST) 50 137 1,484 1 GOOD HOPE 90 120 1,478 2 MON REPOS (WEST) 31 71 1,424 3 FOULIS 68 108 1,173 0 Total 239 436 5,559 6 The numbers obtained by PPP/C exceed by over 60% the Division Votes APNU obtained at Private Residences in their Strongholds. Con t: 16. An extract from the Statements of Poll in Good Hope showed the private residence of Oodwalack Prashad with ballot boxes 4,633 and 4,634 was mired in forgeries and illegible data, of the 360 valid votes over 99% of the votes were for PPP/C 22

Con t: 17. Ballot Box # 4681 used at Bladen Hall Multilateral is significant for several reasons, particularly with 100 votes unaccounted for in the tabulation. Residents at Bladen Hall voted heavily in favour of APNU. However, the vote count amounted to 42% of eligible voters, also the votes cast were summed incorrectly. The discrepancy is more glaring as Ballot Box # 4682 as the same polling station showed 73% valid votes for APNU. Con t: 18. The illegal introduction of Statements of Polls were acknowledged by the OAS observers, this combined with the absence of a Final List of Polling Stations amounted to Malpractice and Fraud Extract from OAS Report: 1). On at least two occasions, statements of poll bypassed the system whereby the Commissioners examined them and were instead delivered directly to the manual tabulation process. With APNU losing a Regional Seat in Region 2 by 229 votes; it is reasonable to assume from the OAS report that a single Statement of Poll could have bypassed the control system and counted in the tabulation process. Some individual Statements Poll have recorded over 350 votes! 23

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