GECOM must be fully prepared for 2025 elections

Dear Editor,
The holding of National and Regional Elections is due for the year 2025. The numerous court matters involving serious rigging of the 2020 Elections are still outstanding.
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), former Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield along with several senior GECOM staff such as Roxanne Myers and Region 4 Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo and several others are before the Court for serious allegations of fraud. While senior PNC Member of Parliament Volda Lawrence and PNC member Carol Joseph are also before the Court for fraud related matter.
The election fraud cases are presently before a Magistrate and Special Prosecutor Darshan Ramdhani is fully prepared with some 80 witnesses and 140 statements to be presented before the court.
Some GECOM staff were the culprits who are the reasons why the 2020 Elections were held up for five long months. In 2015 the election petition that the PPP/C took to the court never saw the light of the day. However, in 2020 those attempting to rig were confronted by the international and local observers. The blatant efforts to steal the Government was glaring and this must never happen again.
The recent resolution that was sent to the Guyana Elections Commission for the inclusion of digital capture of ‘registrants’, biometric characteristics, at its permanent registration offices and biometric system at the place of poll must not be used as an effort to delay the elections. The known shenanigans at the Commission are expected to raise many objections and as usual try their best to delay the elections. Numerous issues will be raised by the known de-tractors who are afraid the face the polls. Guyanese are immune to the resistance of the PNC to face the polls. However, a united people will triumph.
GECOM is in the process of preparation for the next National and Regional Elections and all systems must be put in place for the smooth holding of those elections.

Sincerely,
Neil Kumar