APNU/AFC “politics of fear” will not manipulate our electoral process

Dear Editor,
The threat to Guyana’s democracy is real, but the sign of desperation by the PNCR-controlled APNU/AFC caretaker Government to remain in power is eminent
It all began when PNCR’s Basil Williams urged members to “stand up and defend the party, the Government and the coalition”. Followed on Monday, May 21, 2018, by the headline on the front page of the Government-owned Guyana Chronicle which screamed, “Fight back – PNC Chairman urges members to resist Opposition propaganda.”
It is clear to all that APNU/AFC has been making headlines of late, all for the wrong reasons. Guyanese, you may recall the explosive revelation contained in a leaked email, reportedly emanating from the same email address used by Basil Williams which he quickly denounced as “fake”.
But this so-called “fake” email address is the identical one used for all his official emails. That leaked email exposed the mindset of the PNCR-controlled APNU, and revealed the unscrupulous tactics this party has been using effectively for years against the People’s Progressive Party/Civic and are still determined to propagate to retain power in 2020.
The strategy outlined in that email encourages the APNU/AFC Government to, “Keep propagandising on the issue of having in inherited an empty Treasury …[for] statistics show that this has resonated well with our support base as a means of justification for the [draconian] Budget and tax measures. We must also continue to restate that the economy was surviving on drug money. “The APNU/AFC is rapidly losing support, even in their hardcore base. They are becoming more intolerant and desperate, and desperate people do desperate things.
I believe the thinking of the PNCR/APNU/AFC is to resort to proven tactics that have served them well in the past, and have become the hallmark of the PNCR for decades -fear and intimidation! Most Guyanese, even in their stronghold areas, are now fed up with this APNU/AFC caretaker Government, it is evident everywhere you go, they’re losing support and they know it. They now have to find a way to stop the “bleeding”.
They already have some “levels” in the Guyana Elections Commission doing their dirty work but that’s not enough.
The David Granger-led Caretaker Government is now “Baiting GECOM into delaying elections results for another few months, the APNU/AFC has this misconceived and misguided notion that they would attempt to discredit our electoral process by perpetuating fallacious claims about so-called irregularities. Let me remind the PNCR/APNU/AFC, Burnham used fear and intimidation to control the people of Guyana. Guyanese have already made it clear that they would not allow “APNU/AFC politics of fear to manipulate our electoral process”.
Joseph Harmon and his APNU/AFC cabals accuse GECOM of ignoring letters sent about the People’s Progressive Party/Civic’s “glaring electoral fraud”. Guyanese, the only glaring electoral fraud we have experienced was when Clairmont Mingo made his fraudulently transparent District Four election declaration without using the SoP. Mr Joseph Harmon, your claim of the Opposition’s fraud is mischievous and irresponsible. These amounting the claims of fraud are (i) ballots cast for the dead and persons who have migrated; (ii) persons voting without proper identification; (iii) persons voting outside of their districts without employment documents; (iv) large numbers of improperly stamped ballots at locations where Disciplined Services members voted; (v) missing poll books; (vi) documents from one Polling Station being found in the ballot boxes of another, etc has left me to think why would the APNU/AFC make this sudden shift, from claiming that the APNU/AFC has won the March 2, 2020 elections, to the new narrative of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic has created electoral fraud.
It must be known there is enough evidence in the horizon to show and prove that the APNU/AFC caretaker Administration has lost the March 2020 General and Regional Elections. It is time to stop frustrating the citizens of Guyana with your outrageous and false claims. Note that the news media has uncovered all of the APNU/AFC lies, the APNU/AFC will have to find another way to muzzle the media houses from unveiling the truth.
These claims have been exposed as blatant lies, with the recount progressing, everyone who believes in democracy must do everything in his or her power to expose the APNU/AFC for the liars they are.
The Guyanese citizens must continue to seek clarity on the lingering issues surrounding the recount of ballots from the March 2, 2020 elections.
These elections have been plagued with many legal challenges and the important thing that was established by the courts was GECOM was autonomous and independent and GECOM Chair, Retired Justice Claudette Singh has been silent throughout all this rambling by the APNU/AFC and must do her job properly, Guyanese still have faith in the electoral process.

Sincerely,
David Adams