Dear Editor,
According to Granger and the PNC, elections are not mandatory nor is it necessary to have elections, they are really a bother to him. These are the sentiments and sure facts sourced from his actions ever-since. For these very same reasons, he delayed the holding of Regional and General Elections some fourteen months after the successful passage of a no-confidence vote.
Further, he was caught making that asinine remark that he would change the Constitution as it relates to a no-confidence vote. The ultimate aim here is that elections should be avoided at all costs or not be held at all. Elections pose a threat to Granger and his autocratic rule, he dreads facing the people who brought him there in the first place, so one should examine the reasons why he is fearful of elections and elections being free and fair.
Now, being in office and forming a Government, one has to go through the electoral process, the people vote you into power and in that way, grant you the mandate to rule. In this regard, elections are valuable tools with which democracy is manifested and a sure way you can and should hold power, any other route is illegal and constitutes fraud.
The PNC-led coalition came to office in 2015 through the electoral system, under a cloud of controversy for the most part because that election never passed the test of verification. Nevertheless, they were granted that mandate to govern unfettered. This they did until – according to the law – the Government fell under a no-confidence vote on December 21, 2018, this meant that elections were to have been held by March 21 of the following year, 2019.
This did not take place because the Granger Government was hell-bent on completing its five-year term, irrespective of the no-confidence vote. In addition to that, they want to remain in office illegally, however, after intense pressure from the Opposition as well as the international community the law was brought to bear on Granger and he had to call elections.
Well, here we are at this juncture of an election after having endured the torture of an illegal Government these past fourteen months. We have endured the torture and are now at the threshold of elections which, according to Granger, should not be because he does not want to relinquish power. So, in essence, Granger is actually saying if you cannot hold off the election then try every illegal way possible to at least eke out a win using the PNC’s age-old rigging machinery.
So, this is our main thrust, election time is here again and the onerous task of getting The PNC out. Getting them out is not the difficult part because all the telltale signs are there to prove that they will lose the next election, however, getting them out on a legal straightforward free and fair way is another matter. To this end, the international community has issued a clarion call that there must be free and fair elections in Guyana. That call is for the PNC party as well as the electoral body GECOM. To all and sundry the call is, you must conduct yourselves in a free and fair atmosphere with no conditions attached. Trying to turn back the hands of time will not work.
I say serious and dire will be the consequences of those on the ground as well as those at GECOM if any skulduggery is applied. In that regard, we are taking no chances, we are watching their every move like a hawk. Be it known that free and fair elections is not an option of the PNC, it is a legally binding obligation that must be adhered to and for which the people of this nation shall decide on March 2. We are looking forward to that day in which the truth will be told.
Respectfully,
Neil Adams
