NEW AMSTERDAM, Berbice — September 29, 2026
A former GECOM IT manager, giving evidence in his own defence, has denied accessing, altering or tampering with an election server that he secured in his vehicle during a bomb scare at Ashmin's Building in March 2020.
The former IT manager told the court the server was password protected, with the password known only to him and two senior members of his technical team. He said he kept the vehicle key throughout and did not permit anyone else access to the server.
He testified that he removed the server from the building to protect GECOM's information after an execution order was issued at the time.
The witness explained that statements of poll arriving at the building were logged, scanned and copied, with figures entered by two separate officers and any discrepancies reviewed before the information was entered into GECOM's database.
He acknowledged that he had no written authorization to retain the Chief Election Officer's copies of the statements of poll for about four hours after tabulation, but said he had received verbal authorization from Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield.
The special prosecutor told the court that the witness's tabulation of the Chief Election Officer's copies of the statements of poll was separate from the tabulation and verification conducted by the District Four Returning Officer and his agent.
The trial is being heard by the principal magistrate in Georgetown.
The former GECOM IT manager concluded his testimony on Monday with a categorical denial that he had tampered with the server or allowed anyone else to do so.
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By LRTVS NewsWatch · Channel 10. This report first aired on LRTVS NewsWatch.
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