Granger has disgraced office, lied to supporters – Jonas

…APNU/AFC has “fundamental problem” with obeying laws – former AG

A New and United Guyana (ANUG) Chairman Timothy Jonas has lamented that caretaker President David Granger has disgraced the office of President and lied to his party’s supporters regarding the outcome of the March 2, 2020 elections.

The outspoken lawyer was at the time speaking during a live programme hosted on the Globespan platform.

He said Granger, who represents the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change coalition, has been dishonest with his supporters, especially concerning which party won the March 2, 2020 polls. In the same breath, however, he contended that there needed to be cooperati

on and collaboration between the two major political parties that amass the majority of the country’s voting-base.
“I believe that individual (Granger) has hurt his party, lied to his followers and disgraced the office. I think a lot of work needs to be done in APNU…To the 45 per cent APNU supporters, I am saying to you that you have a right to a say and the fact is, your leaders have not been honest with you. Mr Ali has won these elections. The PPP have won this election,” Jonas directed.
To this end, Jonas pointed out that as long as Granger represents the coalition, which has 45 per cent of the voter base, the new PPP/C Government would have no choice but to work along with him.
“As long as Mr Granger represents APNU and APNU represents 45 per cent, there is no choice. You have to work with the person who represents the party that has the support of 45 per cent.”
Meanwhile, Presidential Candidate of The New Movement (TNM), Dr Asha Kissoon, also shared similar sentiments. She committed to working with Dr Ali.
“He will have my support and I’m going to work with all political parties that are improving our nation going forward. I urge the public and the population to accept that the recount results are valid and have shown who has won the elections. I urge them to keep calm and I urge non-violence on the way forward,” she acclaimed.

Obeying the law
Also appearing on the programme was former Attorney General Anil Nandlall, who pointed out that the coalition has a ‘fundamental problem’ with obeying the law, causing a series of difficulties in accepting the verified results. He cited that the APNU/AFC has used the Constitution as a tool to inflict ‘turmoil’ during the elections process, by creating additional hurdles.
“I’m not entertaining anything about Constitution being defeated in relation to what these people are doing. They have a problem, a fundamental problem in their brain when it comes to obeying the law and obeying the Constitution; and they have put this nation into mental turmoil and anguish over words in the Constitution and that is a fundamental difficulty,” Nandlall positioned.
He added, “You can give them the most perfect constitution. If they lose the election or a vote in confidence, they simply do not want to play by the rule of the game and that is a difficulty. Civilisation is based upon the rule of law.”
Nandlall, who committed to his Party’s intention to bring about constitutional change, said it was a step which must be accepted by the population before being enacted.
“The people of Guyana will drive that process. We, of course, in Government will create the mechanism and lay the foundation for the constitutional reforms to take place, but we are not going to choose a constitutional model and impose it on our people.”