Executive member of A New and United Guyana (ANUG), Jonathan Yearwood, was arrested on Friday afternoon following a clash between him and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) activist, Carol Joseph.
APNU’s Carol Joseph charging towards Jonathan Yearwood
Joseph had spent the afternoon haranguing and harassing other representatives from other political parties— including some GECOM staff. It would appear that she arrogated to herself the role of enforcing an APNU line, which the GECOM staff was facilitating.
A video showed Yearwood after the Statement of Polls (SoPs) count was shown to be a farce, projected from copies rather than original SoPs getting very upset. After forcefully telling Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo that he would be judged harshly for the tragedy he was bestowing on Guyana, he was leaving the GECOM headquarters when he was confronted by Joseph. She had been verbally abusing him from her seat and as he was leaving, she rushed towards him screaming and gesticulating in Yearwood’s face. In frustration, Yearwood pushed her away. However, Yearwood was arrested while Joseph remained untouched and continued with her obstreperous behaviour.
Earlier, it was reported that during the day, Joseph was creating mischief – first at the Command Centre where the tabulation exercise was being conducted earlier.
At the Command Centre, she was heard passing instructions to Mingo and using abusive language to representatives from other political parties.
A New and United Guyana (ANUG) representative Jonathan Yearwood walking out of the Brickdam Police Station in the company of his lawyer
She even referred to Private Sector Commission member, Kit Nascimento as “Stinka”. Earlier, she also used derogatory remarks at Yearwood, who ignored her.
Despite being loud and offensive, she was not asked at any point to leave the premises but others from various political parties were asked to leave whenever they objected.
Carol Joseph was involved with several confrontations in the Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice), Regional Democratic Council (RDC) where she was a councillor. She was involved in a case where a nurse from Fort Wellington Hospital was transferred because she revealed that Joseph was collecting a narcotic drug without a prescription.
Yearwood was subsequently released from Police custody after his lawyer, Timothy Jonas, intervened.
