Following the recount of the ballots that resulted in the PNP winning 8 to 7,His Excellency Governor Ric Todd said: “Now that we have the results of the elections, I would like to add my congratulations to those expressed by Minister Mark Simmonds," said Governor Ric Todd. “Both the election and the result are indeed the start of a new chapter in the history of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI).” “I very much look forward to swearing in Premier Elect Ewing later this morning, and then his team of Ministers on Wednesday. As Chair of the Cabinet, I will convene the first session tomorroe and one of the agenda items will be to make the arrangement for recalling the House of Assembly. I hope that this can take place the following week. This is for Cabinet to decide. “Reflecting on the election and its campaign, I would like to extend my gratitude to the parties and candidates for conducting it in such a calm and orderly fashion. “The turnout was quite remarkable and demonstrates the significance of these historic events to the people of these Islands. The patience, fortitude and good humour of the TCI electorate through the clearly lengthy voting process was inspirational. “A special word of thanks, however, must go to the Elections Office and their staff at the 17 polling stations across the Turks and Caicos Islands. They worked unstintingly on Friday through Saturday, and some of them again today at the All Island recount. Their dedication and professionalism to ensuring the proper execution of this election in keeping with our laws was quite simply a fantastic effort. I would like to personally thank them all for making this election so successful. “Finally, I would like to pledge my ongoing dedication to working jointly with the new Premier, Cabinet and Legislative Assembly Members In the interest of the people of the Turks and Caicos Islands.”
