Granger must stop making duplicitous statements

Dear Editor,
Since the unilateral and illegal appointment of Patterson as the GECOM Chairman, there is no doubt that Granger is a master chameleon who is far worse and more dangerous than his mentor and dictator, Forbes Burnham.
On several occasions, he openly flouted the Constitution, and then shamelessly proclaimed publicly that he would uphold it. We have witnessed, after December 21st, 2018, the APNU/AFC Coalition has done everything possible to ensure that they have eradicated all credibility, exposing the deceitful and duplicitous nature of their Leader, Mr Granger. This man even disregarded the court’s rulings and declared that he has his own interpretation of the law. Is this not the hallmark of a dictator?
The public is aware of the many instances when he and his attorney-general openly violated the Constitution under the pretext of upholding it.
It is not only the violations of the Constitution and the court rulings, but the many spurious and vexatious legal circuses by the attorney general which have cost the taxpayers dollars. The circus to the CCJ alone cost approximately $440 million, then we have the other circuses, such as the house- to-house registration, the Mingo declaration, and the attempt to block the Recount.
This is not the end; we will have some more in the near future, after the recount is completed. We have already heard Basil’s statement, which will later be the basis for his next circus. A few days ago, he and his sidekick Roysdale Forde claimed that the National Recount currently ongoing is illegal.
“Our law did not cater for a National Recount,” Williams claimed. Basil is now doing to the Recount what Hughes did to the No Confidence Motion. This may very well see another journey to the CCJ, especially with the GECOM Chair and CEO holding Mingo’s fraudulent declaration in ‘abeyance’. It would seem that these two GECOM officials and the Coalition are unaware that the recount of Region 4 has so far exposed the huge extent of the Mingo fraud, which they had aided and abetted.
On the other hand, Granger, as usual, is speaking with a forked tongue. He said in a live broadcast that “whatever declaration that GECOM or the Chairman of GECOM gives will be regarded as legitimate…any declaration coming from the Chairman of GECOM will be accepted by the Government of Guyana.” We have seen before that Granger signed an aide memoir for the recount, and then a member of his party filed an injunction to block the recount, which he claimed was an independent legal action which is not in his control, despite being the leader of the APNU and the leader of the List. If that legal action was successful, then there would have been no recount, the Mingo fraud would have remained hidden, and Granger would have been sworn in as the President.
One must look deeper into Granger’s statement. Has he actually said that he will accept the results of the recount? Absolutely not! He said ‘whatever declaration’ made by the GECOM’s Chair and the CEO. This can open the room for another interpretation, especially with Mingo’s fraudulent declaration in ‘abeyance’. In addition, will Granger stop Basil from making another futile and expensive journey to the CCJ? I doubt that Granger would ever do that.
This man wants to be Guyana’s next dictator. We have seen that Amna Ally’s statement is not conclusive, she said, “Whoever the Commission declares, so be it…we signed on, we wanted this.” It would have been a lot easier, definitive and pellucid to say, “We will accept the results of the Recount, whoever wins.”
We have also seen that the PNC is also making a futile attempt to discredit the Elections by claiming that the ‘dead voted’, as well as those who migrated. The PNC should know that this is their modus operandi, and was used by them exhaustively in all the General Elections from 1968 to 1985. However, in their haste to cast aspersions on the PPP/C, they have unwittingly exposed the fact that if indeed the ‘dead voted’ and the migrants ‘voted’, they voted for the APNU/AFC, and not the PPP/C.
In conclusion, Granger should display a bit of honesty and integrity in the twilight of his political career, and do the honourable thing. The AFC’s Ramjattan had stated that should the AFC coalesce with APNU, it would be ‘dead meat’ but Granger has now allowed the PNC to become so ‘dead’ that no one will ever want a ‘resurrection’ again.
The PNC will certainly lose more than they will ever gain, even if they illegally hold on to power; so, it’s time to allow the recount to proceed expeditiously and credibly and accept the results.

Yours sincerely,
Haseef Yusuf