Advocating for free and fair elections on behalf of all Guyanese

Dear Editor,
The APNU/AFC Government must accept the fact that on the night of December 21, 2018, 33 of the 65 members of the National Assembly voted in favour of a No-Confidence Motion (NCM) brought against the coalition Government by the Parliamentary Opposition, People’s Progressive Party/Civic. It is pellucid that the now partisan agenda of the GECOM Commission runs counter to its constitutional role. In addition, pensioner Patterson is merely a tool of the PNC for a simple majority in the Commission while Alexander and his cabal are deliberately attempting to illegally and unconstitutionally keep the fallen APNU/AFC cabal in power by ensuring that the Commission keeps GECOM at an unready state for elections.
The PNC-APNU/AFC coalition Government is hell-bent on rigging the next General and Regional Elections and needs time to conjure up their clandestine mechanisms. The cabal is well aware that no major disruption or disenfranchisement of voters will occur if the current list is updated via the approved Continuous Registration process for the elections. The call for house-to-house registration, therefore, is just another delaying attempt that we must resist with full strength and total togetherness.
Patterson has proved that he is open to manipulation by the PNC and being effectively receptive to dragging on the process of holding elections, and worst, that he is likely to be a conduit for facilitating all skulduggery if allowed the time and space.
The CCJ has before it, arguably the most significant case that will likely impact regional judicial harmonisation and its own integrity. There is also abundant evidence of precedence and relevance regarding regional States restructuring to avoid the possible tie result regarding what constitutes a majority when it involves an even number parliamentary seat setting.
Only recently, the eminent former Chairman of the Caribbean Association of Electoral Organisation, Professor Emeritus Errol Miller convincingly articulated and presented his now circulated discussion on the matter by the cases of Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica. In these instances, the States purposefully changed their election constituency structure to an odd number to avoid parties winning equal seats. This is very instructive and must be given due consideration. One expects, therefore, that logic and facts along with the intent of the constitutional framers will be closely looked at, as the judgement will be looked at and have far-reaching effects.
I believe that there is an absolute basis, as well as strong and sufficient evidence to support the CCJ’s upholding of the NCM and that this should inform the instructive decisions to puncture the wheels of the ‘rigging’ clique who are busy working around the clock to postpone elections in Guyana.
I am advocating for free and fair elections on behalf of all Guyanese.

Sincerely,
Neil Kumar