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Server Removed Amid Election Crisis | Guyana News
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- Sep 17, 2026
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- 128
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Summary
A former IT manager for Guyana’s Elections Commission, Aneal Giddings, testified he removed a critical election server during a bomb threat in March 2020—despite orders from his superior not to. Claiming his sole focus was protecting sensitive data, he backed up the server an hour prior, handed the backup to Deputy Chief Elections Officer Roxanne Myers, then took the physical server to a muster point without informing her or the Chief Elections Officer. He later defied instructions to return it. The defense questioned his actions, noting backups existed and no audit was performed after its return. This testimony emerges amid a high-stakes trial accusing several ex-GECOM officials and political figures of manipulating Region Four’s 2020 election results. Listen in comfort: Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN: [email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting. Sources: https://inewsguyana.com/former-gecom-it-manager-testifies-to-removing-server-to-protect-election-data/ More coverage & latest updates: https://sources.thednn.ai/894f7a38dd64ca25 Report issues to [email protected].