EXHIBIT 31.1
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                                  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  quarterly  report on Form 10-Q 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 I 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 our  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  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  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:  July 14, 2006

                                             /s/ Paul H. Riss
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                                             Paul H. Riss
                                             Chief Executive Officer and Chief
                                             Financial Officer


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