The General Election Commissioner Dr. Kostas Constantinou, in the context of his statement on voter turnout by 5:00 p.m., answered journalists' questions.
Asked if any problems have arisen since the last update, the Supervisor General of Elections responded that "nothing of substance has arisen in that time that needs to be reported."
"There are minor issues, which I have previously reported on, such as the issue of phone calls, for which some additional complaints have arisen." He added that "they are being duly investigated by both the Office of the Privacy Commissioner and my Office, so that they are then handled properly overall."
Asked by a reporter whether he is optimistic that the counting and results will come out quickly, Dr. Constantinou replied, "We have done everything humanly possible so that the process of sorting and counting the votes is done in the shortest possible time."
He said that, according to his information from the Election Commissioners, "there is no polling station in which there are not 20 votes. The number of voters in all polling stations is more than 20, therefore, there will be no need to mix polling stations. We will proceed immediately with the process of sorting and counting the votes at the polling stations themselves, and this is a relief."
He informed that "the helicopter will fly to bring us the ballot boxes from the Tilliria area, from the Tilliria Tower. Therefore, all arrangements have been made so that the procedures can run very quickly."
"We had some problems with some faxes, which have been sorted out. The Electromechanical Services Department took over and replaced some devices and corrected some lines. Additional checks have been made just so that, if possible, by the time the sorting starts and the results have to be sent out, they will be transmitted without any hitches. You realise, however, that we are dealing with technology, with instruments that can sometimes betray us. So I am keeping a caveat If all goes well I am sure that by 7:30-8:00 p.m. we will have the final results. And certainly, if the margin is not large, we will have a much quicker indication of who will be the next President of the Republic," the Auditor General concluded.
(EFYs/EP/SX)
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