Exhibit 31.1

                                  CERTIFICATION

                           Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350
                 (Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002)



I, Paul H. Riss,  Chief Executive  Officer and Chief  Financial  Officer of eLEC
COMMUNICATIONS CORP., certify that:

1.       I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of eLEC  COMMUNICATIONS
         CORP.;

2.       Based  on my  knowledge,  this  report  does  not  contain  any  untrue
         statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
         to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances  under which
         such  statements  were made, not misleading  with respect to the period
         covered by this report;

3.       Based on my knowledge,  the financial  statements,  and other financial
         information  included in this  report,  fairly  present in all material
         respects the financial condition,  results of operations and cash flows
         of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.       I am responsible for establishing and maintaining  disclosure  controls
         and  procedures  (as  defined  in  Exchange  Act  Rules  13a-15(e)  and
         15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

         a)       Designed such disclosure  controls and  procedures,  or caused
                  such  disclosure  controls and procedures to be designed under
                  my supervision,  to ensure that material  information relating
                  to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is
                  made known to me by others within those entities, particularly
                  during the period in which this report is being prepared;

         b)       Evaluated the  effectiveness  of the  registrant's  disclosure
                  controls  and  procedures  and  presented  in this  report  my
                  conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
                  and  procedures,  as of the end of the period  covered by this
                  report based on such evaluation; and

         c)       Disclosed  in  this  report  any  change  in the  registrant's
                  internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
                  the registrant's  most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's
                  fourth  fiscal  quarter in the case of an annual  report) that
                  has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
                  affect,  the  registrant's  internal  control  over  financial
                  reporting; and

5.       I have  disclosed,  based  on my most  recent  evaluation  of  internal
         control over financial reporting,  to the registrant's auditors and the
         audit  committee of the  registrant's  board of  directors  (or persons
         performing the equivalent functions):

         a)       All significant  deficiencies  and material  weaknesses in the
                  design  or  operation  of  internal   control  over  financial
                  reporting which are reasonably  likely to adversely affect the

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                  registrant's ability to record, process,  summarize and report
                  financial information; and

         b)       Any fraud,  whether or not material,  that involves management
                  or  other  employees  who  have  a  significant  role  in  the
                  registrant's internal control over financial reporting.


Date:   March 8, 2007                       By:  /s/ Paul H. Riss
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                                                     Paul H. Riss
                                                     Chief Executive Officer and
                                                     Chief Financial Officer

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